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Reuters
Reuters
Technology
By Daina Beth Solomon

Mexico's alleged victims of Pegasus spyware seek criminal probe

FILE PHOTO: The word Pegasus and binary code are displayed on a smartphone which is placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Three human rights investigators filed a complaint with Mexican prosecutors on Monday calling for a probe into the alleged "interception of private communications without legal authorization," according to Leopoldo Maldonado, the Mexico director of rights group Article 19.

The complaint submitted to the Attorney General's office follows a report that phones of at least three human rights investigators in Mexico were infected with Pegasus spyware during the current government.

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