"Burn marks on her feet from electric shocks, abrasions on the hips and head, and a broken rib. Her hair, which she liked to wear long and tinted blonde at the tips, had been shaved." theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

Five years ago, Roman Anin and a group of young Russian journalists started iStories. I remember him telling me his plans and me thinking ‘Perfect’. Since then they have told stories nobody could. I ask everyone to support iStories. istories.media/en/donations/

Spoke to The Record From Recorded Future News about the high stakes of the ongoing WhatsApp v NSO trial & what it could mean for NSO & the spyware industry. After spending the past decade profiting from human rights abuses & undermining digital security, NSO may finally have to pay big damages

"Waltz spotted using modified Signal app at Cabinet meeting" Michael Birnbaum Amy B Wang washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

SCOOP: The Signal clone used by Trump admin that Mike Waltz was seen using in a cabinet meeting in has been hacked 404media.co/the-signal-clo…

BREAKING: jury awards massive $167 million in punitive damages against spyware company NSO Group. Precedent-setting win against the notorious #Pegasus spyware maker. Congratulations to WhatsApp on sticking this case through since 2019. Some thoughts 1/

BREAKING: Spyware maker NSO Group must pay $167 million to WhatsApp for a hacking campaign in 2019 that targeted more than 1,400 chat app users. This is a huge win for WhatsApp. NSO says it will consider appealing. techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/nso…

The fight isn’t over. Our next step is to secure a court order to prevent NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp again.

NSO Group owes $168M in damages to WhatsApp over spyware infections, jury says scoopmedia.co/4k6Ha6Q via Tim Starks

A major win for privacy! Israeli spyware company NSO has been ordered to pay $168 million in damages for targeting WhatsApp with Pegasus spyware. Access Now and partners will continue to advocate for NSO to be held accountable for its actions. accessnow.org/press-release/…

a win for privacy is a win for all

NSO Group to pay almost 168 million in damages! Congrats to WhatsApp Meta on this historic (yes, historic!) jury verdict against NSO Group. This is also a win for all the researchers, advocates, & victims who have been tirelessly exposing NSO's abuses & advocating for justice

Remembering Jamal Khashoggi today.

📅 Next week in EUDS Committee Press 🛡️ Mon 19/5 (w/ CULT Committee Press): 🗣 Hearing on the media landscape of the EU Wouter Gekiere EBU Legal & Policy Einar Hålien SchibstedGroup Katharina Schell Presseclub Concordia Frances Haugen Prof. Marijana Grbesa Zagreb University Natalia Krapiva 👩🏻‍💻🕊 Access Now 🕒15.00–17.30 1/5

Cyber mercenaries sell tools like spyware, ransomware, and malware to the highest bidder. These tactics expose a growing threat: 🗞️ Headlines manipulated 📱 Devices breached 💰 Systems locked for ransom This market is expanding—with little oversight.

📌 #CyCon2025 Workshop: Oxford Style Debate: Should governments have the right to censor or control the Internet during cyber conflict? During this session, the debaters undertook a lively discussion around the topic of government censorship during cyber conflict. Both sides

Russia has been throttling mobile internet for weeks now all over the country, supposedly “to prevent drone attacks…” only to miss this…

⚠️ The attackers impersonated Vassilis Maragos [Vassilis Maragos], the #EU #Ambassador and Head of Delegation in #Armenia, initiating contact through #Signal messenger. ⏩ More: cyberhub.am/en/blog/2025/0… Media Diversity Institute - Armenia #CyberHUB #CyberHUBAM #mdi

Moscow’s Tagansky District Court has registered a case against the Wikimedia Foundation, the parent organization of Wikipedia, based on a protocol accusing it of “propaganda of pedophilia,” Mediazona found out 1/5