Students and opposition activists targeted with spyware in Serbia
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"Students and opposition activists targeted with spyware in Serbia" is generating significant coverage in the World category, with 14 articles from 14 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include The Guardian, The Hacker News, infosecurity-magazine.com and The Citizen Lab. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
This brief was generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only. The latest headlines from every source are listed below; the velocity chart shows how the story is developing in real time.
Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 1h ago.
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Why is "Students and opposition activists targeted with spyware in Serbia" trending?
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Coverage (14)
- Serbians targeted with spyware in country’s ‘largest documented wave of surveillance’ The Guardian · 1d ago
- Pegasus Zero-Click Spyware Exploit Infects Serbian Student Movement Member's iPhone The Hacker News · 1d ago
- Pegasus Zero-Click Exploit Infects Serbian Student Activist's iPhone infosecurity-magazine.com · 1d ago
- Pegasus Spyware Infection of Serbian Pro-Democracy Student Activist The Citizen Lab · 1d ago
- Serbia rocked by spyware attacks on activists and opposition TVP World · 1d ago
- Serbian activists allege being hit with hi-tech spyware euractiv.com · 1d ago
- Spyware Targeted Serbian Protest Organizers’ Phones, Report Says Bloomberg.com · 1d ago
- Opposition and student activists in Serbia targeted with advanced spyware European Western Balkans · 1d ago
- More than a dozen Serbians targeted with mercenary spyware, digital rights group says Daily Maverick · 1d ago
- Serbian Civil Society Targeted by Spyware Ahead of Elections globalbankingandfinance.com · 1d ago
- Spyware Targeted Serbian Protest Organizers’ Phones, Report Says Yahoo Finance UK · 1d ago
- More than a dozen Serbians targeted with mercenary spyware, digital rights group finds TradingView · 1d ago
- Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists CyberScoop · 1d ago
- Students and opposition activists targeted with spyware in Serbia Financial Times · 1d ago
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