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@RonDeibert
Director @citizenlab, @munkschool, @uoft. OUT NOW: Chasing Shadows (https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/)
Canada 🇨🇦 makes many pledges re: regulating spyware, protecting victims of transnational repression, and protecting human rights. But words must be followed by actions My latest @globeandmail on the G7 Leaders' Statement on Transnational Repression theglobeandmail.com/gift/3d51c5fae…
New op-ed by @RonDeibert discusses the G7 Leaders’ Statement on countering transnational repression that was put forward last month. Read it in the @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
Canada 🇨🇦 makes many pledges re: regulating spyware, protecting victims of transnational repression, and protecting human rights. But words must be followed by actions My latest @globeandmail on the G7 Leaders' Statement on Transnational Repression theglobeandmail.com/gift/3d51c5fae…
The State Department recently announced an unprecedented new requirement that applicants for student and exchange visas must set all social media accounts to “public” for government review. This mass surveillance is an outrageous violation of privacy. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…
Citizen Lab is still chasing shadows cbc.ca/listen/cbc-pod… @ClickHereShow @CBC
"No bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on.” wired.com/story/anthropi…
Writing for @policyoptions, the Citizen Lab’s @KateRobertson_ and Song-Ly Tran discuss how Canada’s outdated wiretap laws fail to protect Canadians from spyware abuse. Read it here: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/juil…
In my book, Chasing Shadows, I describe the sordid cast of characters, graft, and corruption that defined NSO's business in Mexico 🇲🇽 New reporting by @GurMegiddo reveals the sordid details, a $25 million bribe of the former President haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
Remember when Meta published about an ITW FreeType OOB write vuln (CVE-2025-27363) in March? Turns out, Meta links this vuln to an exploit from spyware vendor Paragon securityweek.com/freetype-zero-…
Canada’s outdated laws leave spyware oversight dangerously weak: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/juil… @KateRobertson_ Song-Ly Tran @citizenlab
Thank you everyone who came out to the #saltspringforum for my book Chasing Shadows I had a great time, and I was really honoured the event was moderated by Professor Lucy Suchman -- a legend!
Details on the Paragon / Italy 🇮🇹 story continue to evolve... @omerbenj has updates below from the firm, following up on @accessnow's letter. A fully independent inquiry with subpoena powers would be appropriate at this point
Italy tried to deny it, but after @citizenlab confirmed an Italian journalist was hacked, @accessnow and others are demanding answers. I asked the spyware firm at the center of the scandal for their response, and got this response from the firm: x.com/accessnow/stat…
NEW REPORT: Russia's state-backed hackers have a new trick. In collab w/ @Google Threat Intelligence Group, we investigated an attack against prominent Russian expert @KeirGiles & uncovered an elaborate attack targeting App-Specific Passwords (ASPs). citizenlab.ca/2025/06/russia…
Mercenary spyware firm Paragon claims its a "responsible" firm contrary to NSO Group But our reporting @citizenlab shows their spyware was abused in Italy 🇮🇹 to target civil society @accessnow has an open letter w questions to them, and I signed on ⬇️ accessnow.org/press-release/…
We @citizenlab have a new report out on a Russian-linked hacking campaign. @jsrailton with the details below 👇
🚨NEW REPORT: exposing a new hacking tactic. 🇷🇺Russian state-backed hackers used an App-Specific Password attack against prominent Russia expert @KeirGiles & others. It's like they know what we all expect from them...and then did the opposite 1/ By us @citizenlab & @google's…
I am happy to see the #G7 Leaders’ Statement on Transnational Repression which also calls out harms around mercenary spyware. 🇨🇦 Now let's follow it up with laws and regulations! pm.gc.ca/en/news/statem…
Reminds me: I should really tidy up my office. To my right, on the ground is a bag full of promotional materials from surveillance vendors that someone smuggled out of an ISS World about a decade and a half ago...
A new book by @RonDeibert, @citizenlab’s founder and director, details how his small investigative team is fighting back against a rapidly growing commercial espionage industry. twp.ai/4ioY2Y
There are plenty of reasons to be concerned with Canada's 🇨🇦 new proposed border security legislation Fortunately we have @KateRobertson_ @citizenlab to untangle them. See below for the extended analysis 🔽
NEW today from myself @citizenlab, on the unspoken implications of Canada's Bill C-2 for data-sharing with the United States and other foreign countries: citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-prel…
In his essential new book that reads like a spy thriller, “Chasing Shadows” @RonDeibert, founder and director of the @citizenlab, reveals how his team of cyber sleuths uncovered a rapidly growing commercial espionage industry over the past 15 years. More: twp.ai/4ioSEk