# Spyware targeted Mexican journalists and activists

Committee to Protect Journalists, 2017-06-20

- Address: https://cpj.org/2017/06/spyware-targeted-mexican-journalists-and-activists/
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [Mexico: journalist Carmen Aristegui receives Pegasus spyware through phishing texts](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2017-mexico-aristegui-pegasus-spyware)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/623)
- [Claim 624: President Pena Nieto's administration denied that any of its members conducted surveillance against journalists or human rights defenders without judicial authorization.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/624)
- [Claim 625: Citizen Lab's report said the spyware could not be traced back to its senders and there was no conclusive evidence of who was behind the attacks.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/625)

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