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John Scott-Railton

@jsrailton

Chasing digital badness. Sr. Researcher @citizenlab @UofT @munkschool. Fmr.Ed. @SecPlanner. Tweets mine.

Or find me on Mastodon: https://t.co/YPRqnoBtce

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OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION:🇪🇺MEP Krzysztof Brejza is a spyware victim, per 's national prosecutor's office.

After we publicly confirmed our forensic analysis, Brejza was targeted w/unrelenting, orchestrated disinformation. And harassment.

For a time, our Citizen Lab…

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2/ 's journey towards spyware accountability began with an Apple notification.👇

Remarkable impact.

As of their notifications sent this week, Apple has now notified mercenary spyware targets in *at least 150 countries* since 2021.
twitter.com/jsrailton/stat…

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3/ If you'd like to learn more about the Krzysztof Brejza case, here's the original article on our findings by Vanessa Gera & Frank Bajak from December 2021.

apnews.com/article/techno…

3/ If you'd like to learn more about the @KrzysztofBrejza case, here's the original article on our findings by @VanessaGera & @fbajak from December 2021. apnews.com/article/techno…
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4/ Our Citizen Lab forensics confirmed then-Senator Krzysztof Brejza was repeatedly hacked w/ while organizing political strategy for 's then-opposition.

When the government changed in 2023, Poland began an aggressive investigation of these cases.

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