Jack Recider

I don't know exactly what, but at the very least, he was using their technology somehow, either through a partnership or a deal he made with them. And with that technology, he combined the names together, Citrox and Nexa, to form a new company called Intellexa. Combining this new technology with that spy van, Wii Spear stuff he already had,

I don't know exactly what, but at the very least, he was using their technology somehow, either through a partnership or a deal he made with them. And with that technology, he combined the names together, Citrox and Nexa, to form a new company called Intellexa. Combining this new technology with that spy van, Wii Spear stuff he already had,

It meant that Intellexa had quite the arsenal of ways to gather data off a phone and track its location. And he doesn't seem to be bothered by making deals with a company that's been accused of conducting crimes against humanity. The report that Meta came up with showed that Predator may have been sold to the following governments.

It meant that Intellexa had quite the arsenal of ways to gather data off a phone and track its location. And he doesn't seem to be bothered by making deals with a company that's been accused of conducting crimes against humanity. The report that Meta came up with showed that Predator may have been sold to the following governments.

Egypt, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Vietnam, Philippines, Germany, and Greece. Of course, Greece, right? I mean, Tal was reestablishing his whole business in Greece at the same time. If he had some kind of partnership with high-ups in the Greek government... then that might be a good reason to move there.

Egypt, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Vietnam, Philippines, Germany, and Greece. Of course, Greece, right? I mean, Tal was reestablishing his whole business in Greece at the same time. If he had some kind of partnership with high-ups in the Greek government... then that might be a good reason to move there.

I mean, if he had some connections, then that might help him be able to conduct business without having that long arm of the law messing things up. Well, some Greek journalists saw this report by Meta and Citizen Lab, and they're like, what, spyware may have been sold to the Greek government? We better write a story on this.

I mean, if he had some connections, then that might help him be able to conduct business without having that long arm of the law messing things up. Well, some Greek journalists saw this report by Meta and Citizen Lab, and they're like, what, spyware may have been sold to the Greek government? We better write a story on this.

A news outlet called Inside Story wrote a piece basically saying, look out, Predator may be in the wild here in Greece.

A news outlet called Inside Story wrote a piece basically saying, look out, Predator may be in the wild here in Greece.

The Greek paper Inside Story exposed it. And once news broke out, it erupted in an explosion of articles. Then the Committee to Protect Journalists chimed in. Amnesty International echoed the story. The Council of Europe spoke up. It was news that could not be silenced.

The Greek paper Inside Story exposed it. And once news broke out, it erupted in an explosion of articles. Then the Committee to Protect Journalists chimed in. Amnesty International echoed the story. The Council of Europe spoke up. It was news that could not be silenced.

The Greek government spoke up and said, we've never heard of this predator spyware, so clearly it's not us, okay? But now that this story made such a stink, other people started wondering if their phones were being targeted too. And so some more Greek people who thought something weird was going on on their phone sent the data to Citizen Lab for analysis.

The Greek government spoke up and said, we've never heard of this predator spyware, so clearly it's not us, okay? But now that this story made such a stink, other people started wondering if their phones were being targeted too. And so some more Greek people who thought something weird was going on on their phone sent the data to Citizen Lab for analysis.

And yeah, more instances of Predator were found. At this point, three people from Greece's civil society were confirmed to have Predator on their phone. One of these people was a journalist, and the other was the opposition leader, Nikos Andrioulakis, a politician. Now, by this time, Citizen Lab was getting pretty good at understanding how all this worked.

And yeah, more instances of Predator were found. At this point, three people from Greece's civil society were confirmed to have Predator on their phone. One of these people was a journalist, and the other was the opposition leader, Nikos Andrioulakis, a politician. Now, by this time, Citizen Lab was getting pretty good at understanding how all this worked.

First, the victim would receive a phishing text message, and these were crafty phishing messages.

First, the victim would receive a phishing text message, and these were crafty phishing messages.

Once the user clicks the link, it triggers a series of exploits on the phone. It may seem like it's just one click, but there's a whole bunch of steps that have to happen for the phone to get infected. The website exploits something within the Safari browser, which then gets a foothold on the phone. And from there, it downloads additional malware to infect the phone.

Once the user clicks the link, it triggers a series of exploits on the phone. It may seem like it's just one click, but there's a whole bunch of steps that have to happen for the phone to get infected. The website exploits something within the Safari browser, which then gets a foothold on the phone. And from there, it downloads additional malware to infect the phone.