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Zack Whittaker reports: Security researchers at digital rights unit The Citizen Lab say government spyware makers are abusing global advertising networks to target and hack devices by serving malicious online adverts. A new report published Thursday by the University of Toronto lab, which investigates surveillance and digital rights abuses, said an Israeli company called Discover-Tech...

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[-] dusk@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

An israeli firm used this method to hack Australian government sites very recently.

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