Expert: Armenia listed among countries using spyware against people for first time

Armenia has been listed among the countries that use a software to spy on people for the first time, information security expert Samvel Martirosyan said on Facebook on Friday, citing the findings of Meta and CitizenLab.

He says a spyware is used by the authorities to target politicians and journalists.

"This is the first time that Armenia, as a state, has found itself on the list of such countries,” the expert wrote.

Predator spyware, built and sold by North Macedonia-based spyware Cytrox, has been used to infect people’...