"The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Mexican authorities to immediately and credibly investigate possible malware and digital surveillance attacks against Mexican journalist Maria Teresa Montaño Delgado and The ObserverMX, and take appropriate steps to guarantee her safety.
Montaño, a 2023 recipient of CPJ’s International Press Freedom Award (IPFA), told CPJ on May 18 she believes her laptops and smartphones may have been compromised by malicious software after she discovered on April 29 that an unknown device was connected to her email account, as well as a number of files she did not recognize on one of her laptops.
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Montaño is the founder and editor of The ObserverMX, which investigates graft, corruption, human rights abuses and fact-checks public officials in Estado de México, a state neighboring Mexico City. Montaño has been repeatedly targeted by threats and harassment by public officials in the past."
