On June 15, 2026, the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab released a research report disclosing that commercial spyware vendors exploit vulnerabilities in global telecommunications network interconnections to conduct long-term targeted tracking of journalists, politicians, and dissidents.
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Citizen Lab
2026-10-04 01:22 · Spying Via Your Mobile Phone: Companies Can Locate Any Device at Any Time
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Bad Connection: Uncovering Global Telecom Exploitation by Covert Surveillance Ac
2026-10-09 08:23 · Our investigation uncovers two sophisticated telecom surveillance campaigns and, for the first time, links real-world attack traffic to mobile operator signalling infrastructure.
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Citizen Lab releases report revealing commercial surveillance software exploiting the telecom ecosystem to track specific targets
2026.04.23 · Reported
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