Elaine Kurtenback and Zen Soo / Christian Science Monitor: Sci/Tech
Pegasus strikes again: Thai activists fall victim to high tech hack – Two cybersecurity research labs have reported cases of Thai activists being hacked with government backed spyware, called Pegasus, which can access a targets phone without physically having the phone, or having the target click anything. CitizenLab says situations like these threaten civil society, and Amnesty International is calling for a …