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Lessons Learned From 'AdFection' and What To Do Next

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION · Bill Budington ·

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Last week, researchers at Citizen Lab revealed a horrifying new malware campaign, dubbed “AdFection.” It used an ad network to distribute spyware to journalist’s devices to infect them without the target ever needing to click anything. This sort of attack on journalists is dangerous and incredibly concerning, especially since it’s built on the backbone of a technology we already object to…

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