Teixeira Cândido (Angolan journalist) / Syndicate of Angolan Journalists context
May 3, 2024
•[ spyware, Predator, mobile infection ]
Amnesty Internationals Security Lab reported forensic confirmation that Intellexas Predator spyware successfully infected the iPhone of Angolan journalist and press freedom activist Teixeira Cndido on May 4, 2024 after he opened a malicious link sent via WhatsApp. Amnesty said the attacker could have gained wide access to device data (including messages and files) and that the infection appears to have been removed after the phone was restarted later that day. The investigation described multiple additional infection links sent afterward that did not appear to succeed. Attribution to a specific government customer was not made in the public report.
