Great to see the folx from AccessNow's helpline being featured, they do really important work and deserve all our praise and support we can give them.
NEW: Meet the folks at AccessNow's Digital Security Helpline, who have been investigating government spyware abuses for more than a decade, helping journalists and dissidents all over the world.
Hassen Selmi, who heads the incident response team, told me his team looks into around 1,000 cases a year. Half of those turn into full investigations, and around 25 result in confirmed spyware infections.
Here’s how Selmi’s team fights spyware abuses.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/meet-the-team-that-investigates-when-journalists-and-activists-get-hacked-with-government-spyware/