Egypt opposition figure’s phone hacked with Israel spyware, reveals researchers

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Egypt opposition figure’s phone hacked with Israel spyware, reveals researchers

A prominent Egyptian opposition figure who announced his candidacy for the presidency became the target of Predator, a spyware with links to Israel, researchers said last week, reported the Times of Israel. A joint investigation by Canadian internet watchdog, Citizen Lab, and Google found that the phone of Egyptian politician, Ahmed Eltantawy, had been compromised using spyware built by the Israeli company, Cytrox. Moreover, the researchers sugg…