🚨BIG @citizenlab report on an NSO Group hacking bonanza. In late 2019 and in July 2020, NSO Group clients appear to have used an invisible 0-click exploit in iMessage to break into the latest, up-to-date iPhones. Some of the first target were journalists citizenlab.ca/2020/12/the-gr…
At least 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, executives, and presenters at Al Jazeera, and one journalist at Al Araby, were hacked in July by four operators, two of which we attribute to the UAE and Saudi. One journalist hacked was @AJArabic's @TamerMisshal. 
Tamer's hard-hitting investigative programs have focused on possible UAE Gov linked financial corruption (), the Khashoggi killing (), and Bahrain's alleged hiring of Al Qaeda to kill opposition members ().
So how did the hackers get into Tamer's phone? The first stage appears to have involved an exploit transmitted through Apple's servers. Then, his phone connected to an "Installation server" to download the spyware, and finally sent his personal data back to the spyware operators
London-based journalist Rania Dridi at @AlarabyTV was hacked using the same method, and was hacked at least *SIX TIMES* since October 2019. She's one of the anchors of the "شبابيك" program on Al Araby that sometimes discusses controversial issues.
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