CPJ concerned by report that UAE 'Project Raven' surveilled journalists

New York, January 30, 2019--At least four journalists were surveilled under Project Raven, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) cybersurveillance and hacking operation, Reuters reported today. The UAE hired former U.S. National Security Agency employees to assist in deploying a surveillance tool called Karma that exploited a vulnerability in the iPhone's messaging application, according to a Reuters investigation based on interviews with nine former Raven operatives.