NYT reporter details being attacked by Pegasus malware

A journalist who was a victim of hacking by Pegasus spyware has revealed their experience in being a target for hacking, including how suspicious messages and 'zero-click' exploits led to access to the journalist's smartphone.An investigation in July highlighted how the NSO Group's Pegasus spyware was used to attack journalists and human rights activists. The spyware, which was intended by NSO Group to only be used for crime prevention and investigative purposes, was misused by some governments to perform surveillance on potentially thousands of activists and journalists.In a New York Times report, Middle East correspondent Ben Hubbard explains how he became a target, in part due to often speaking to 'people who take great risks to share information that their authoritarian rulers want to keep secret.' While Hubbard took precautions to protect sources due to the risk of imprisonment or death, he still became a victim of Pegasus hacking. Read more...