# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2017-mexico-aristegui-pegasus-spyware)
- Source: Spyware targeted Mexican journalists and activists. https://cpj.org/2017/06/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.

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