Chilean Mapuche indigenous people and their supporters clash with riot police during a protest against Chile’s government outside the Congress building in Valparaiso, Chile, on November 4, 2021. (Photo by DEDVI MISSENE/AFP via Getty Images)
Mexican journalist Griselda Triana (right) at a memorial for her slain husband, Javier Valdez Cárdenas. Triana has been targeted by the Pegasus spyware, according to Citizen Lab ( Photo credit: Tania Victoria/ Secretaría de Cultura CDMX)
The text messages sent to the widow, who is also a journalist, were laced with exploits that would have turned her phone into a multifaceted surveillance device.
Pegasus is sold by NSO Group, an Israeli digital arms dealer that provides governments with tools meant only to help combat terrorism and criminal activity. But a…