Claim 623

Citizen Lab, R3D and Article 19 documented that Aristegui and Loret de Mola received phishing texts with fabricated family warnings that installed Pegasus spyware.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Citizen Lab, R3D and Article 19 documented that Aristegui and Loret de Mola received phishing texts with fabricated family warnings that installed Pegasus spyware.
Field: action
Value: phishing texts, June 19-20, 2017
About: incident 2017-mexico-aristegui-pegasus-spyware
Source: Spyware targeted Mexican journalists and activists
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2017-06-20

Quotation from the source

Investigative journalists Carmen Aristegui and Carlos Loret de Mola, along with human rights activists and anti-corruption figures.