Researchers say the attempted hack, using a rare “zero-day” exploit, was probably conducted by the Egyptian government.
to spy on journalists, activists, political opponents and others. Sandvine did not respond to requests for comment.
Multiple attempts were made to install Predator on Eltantawy’s phone between May and September, after he announced his candidacy, according to Citizen Lab’s research. Starting in May, Eltantawy received text and WhatsApp messages with links to booby-trapped webpages. He evidently did not click on them, according to the researchers.
“Egypt is not known for being the most democratic government,” he said. “You can imagine the government would be able to exert pressure on companies to cooperate.”In the course of its research, Citizen Lab also discovered that a previous phone owned by Eltantawy had been successfully infected with Predator in November 2021 through a text message containing a link.
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