This is wild! #Vietnam gov agents successfully obtained #Predator spyware and used it to target US congressmen. With such a top level tool, they used it in the most clumsy and brazen way, as usual, this time by posting it publicly on Twitter as replies to targets.
What's the chance of protecting your privacy if you're in Vietnam? Virtually zero if the Vietnam gov is determined to hack you. :(. How safe is #nostr from the privacy & anonymity point of view? #asknostr
From WaPo:
"Like its better-known competitor Pegasus, Predator is a powerful and hard-to-detect surveillance program that can turn on the microphones and cameras of Apple iPhones and devices running on Google’s Android software, retrieve all files and read private messages, even when they are end-to-end encrypted."
"the companies selling Predator also offered the capability to infect devices through WiFi wireless networks and through websites or telecom networks under national control."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/09/vietnam-predator-hack-investigation/
