WhatsApp says a spyware company targeted journalists and civilians in a global campaign

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  Italian investigative journalist targeted on WhatsApp by Israeli spyware

  Francesco Cancellato, whose reporting exposes fascists within PM Meloni’s far-right party, condemns ‘violation’. An Italian investigative journalist who is known for exposing young fascists ...
  
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  WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware

  Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware. Nearly 100 journalists and other members of civil society using ...
  
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  Female civilian hostage in Gaza to be freed next week, militants say

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  Russian hackers target WhatsApp accounts of ministers worldwide

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  The Guardian - Jan. 17
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  Why do civilians often die in Nigerian military strikes that target rebels?

  The Nigerian military has mistakenly killed hundreds of civilians in airstrikes targeting armed groups in the nation’s conflict-battered north over the years
  
  ABC News - Jan. 15

• Nigerian airstrike mistakenly kills civilians supporting security forces while targeting rebels

  Yahoo News - Jan. 13
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  LAFD firefighter and multiple civilians injured, official says

  A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter was injured and taken to the hospital for a serious head injury, according to LAFD official Margaret Stewart. There have also been multiple civilian burn ...
  
  NBC News - Jan. 8

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