Editing Spyware (section)

==Spyware vendors==
Spyware vendors include [[NSO Group]], which in the 2010s sold spyware to governments for spying on [[human rights activist]]s and [[journalist]]s.<ref name="WP-20210719">{{cite news |last1=Timberg |first1=Craig |last2=Albergotti |first2=Reed |last3=Guéguen |first3=Elodie |title=Despite the hype, Apple security no match for NSO spyware - International investigation finds 23 Apple devices that were successfully hacked |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/19/apple-iphone-nso |date=19 July 2021 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210719154829/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/19/apple-iphone-nso|archive-date=2021-07-19|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ThomReut_activists_journalists">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-spyware-idUSKBN19A30Y|title=Activists and journalists in Mexico complain of government spying|date=20 June 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-06-20|archive-date=2023-05-13|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230513111557/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-spyware-idUSKBN19A30Y|url-status=}}</ref><ref name="motherboard1">{{cite web|last1=Franceschi-Bicchierai|first1=Lorenzo|date=August 25, 2016 |title=Government Hackers Caught Using Unprecedented iPhone Spy Tool |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/government-hackers-iphone-hacking-jailbreak-nso-group/ |access-date=2016-08-25|website=[[Vice (magazine)|VICE Magazine]]|archive-date=2023-02-24|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230224075828/https://www.vice.com/en/article/wnxpjm/nso-group-new-big-player-in-government-spyware|url-status=}}</ref> NSO Group was investigated by [[Citizen Lab]].<ref name="WP-20210719" /><ref name="motherboard1" />