‘I literally felt naked’: Angolan journalist Teixeira Cândido targeted with Predator spyware

Daily Maverick | 23.02.2026 03:37
‘First and foremost, we must seek to find out who the entities are that have acquired these spyware tools,” Cândido told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), as findings published by Amnesty International’s Security Lab show that a malicious link sent in a WhatsApp message infected his phone with Predator spyware.