Leaders of one of Mexicos top opposition parties were targeted with spyware sold to the government, researchers said Thursday, adding to a snowballing scandal over spying on journalists, activists and other public figures.
The leader of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), Ricardo Anaya; PAN senator Roberto Gil Zuarth; and party spokesman Fernando Rodriguez Doval all received text messages inviting them to click on a link that would have secretly installed a highly invasive spyware on their cell phones, said researchers at the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab.