Ugandan journalist and politician targeted by spyware

A top Ugandan investigative journalist and an opposition politician have said that their phones has been targeted by Pegasus spyware.

The software can infect both iPhones and Android devices, allowing operators to extract messages, photos and emails, record calls and secretly activate microphones and cameras.

In a series of tweets, journalist Raymond Mujuni highlighted the warning that he received from Apple saying that his phone may have been targeted by “state-sponsored attackers”.

He added that he was not the only investigative journalist to have received the message: