Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans left
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
60/100
Al Jazeera's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
7
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Israeli advertising technology company Discover-Tech helped place spyware on dozens of devices used by Al Jazeera and other companies, a Citizen Lab investigation prompted by Al Jazeera’s initial internal probe has confirmed.
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investigation → place → probe
Al Jazeera Media Network on Thursday said it “condemns the targeting of devices belonging to several of its employees with spyware” and pledged to continue to “protect its employees and systems”.
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it → say → employees
The network said targeting journalists is an “assault on press freedom and the public’s right to knowledge” and called for those responsible to be held accountable.
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those → say → knowledge
Spyware from Candiru, an Israeli spyware firm blacklisted by the United States government in 2021 for its malicious cyber activities, was planted on these devices, using what Citizen Lab described as the first-known instance of “zero-click” targeted advertising.
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Lab → blacklist → advertising
The Citizen Lab, a research unit at the University of Toronto, concluded in its report that Discover-Tech purchased the advertisements with built-in spyware.
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Tech → conclude → spyware
It then directed devices to Candiru’s malware through these advertisements.
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It → direct → advertisements
The millions of targeted devices include those belonging to Al Jazeera’s journalists – including several who reported on sensitive subjects.
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who → target → subjects
Al Jazeera’s in-house technology team first discovered unusual patterns on devices used by some journalists in 2024.
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team → discover → 2024
The pattern continued into 2025.
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pattern → continue → 2025
Al Jazeera reached out to Citizen Lab for a more detailed investigation into its suspicions that spyware was responsible for the activity.
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spyware → reach → activity
“Analysis of network logs provided to the Citizen Lab by Al Jazeera collected during the attack period provides a clear temporal signature of how the attack was executed,” the University of Toronto-based team said in its report published Thursday.
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team → provide → report
Al Jazeera said that the cooperation “contributed to verifying these attacks and publicly documenting them”.
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cooperation → say → them
The “zero-click” nature of installing this spyware means that once an infected advertisement appears on a device, that device, too, is infected — spying on, and feeding, all the data and information available on that platform to those stealing it.
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device → instal → it
Meanwhile, New York-based advertising security firm Confiant said in a separate report that some of Discover-Tech’s advertisements also appeared in critical networks used by the Pentagon, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Criminal Court.
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some → base → Pentagon
Candiru’s spyware has previously been used to carry out surveillance on at least 100 journalists, dissidents and others in several countries.
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spyware → use → countries
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