- summary
- An Armenian partner (CyberHUB-AM) and international labs checked devices and published (May 2023) the Pegasus targeting of 12 civil society figures, with targets choosing whether to be named, and called for accountability and a moratorium on spyware sales.
- country
- Armenia
- date text
- 25/05/2023
- civic actions
- Local-to-international referral chain; device checks; consent-based disclosure.
- id
- CR-ARM-001
- incident id
- ARM-001
- notes
- Added Sep 25 2026. Shows the referral chain: trusted local organisation → helpline → forensic lab. Response type: RT-DOC (+RT-PRO); counters TC-21; escalation stage 5; result: Pending — Targeting documented; no attribution or accountability..
- outcome
- Joint forensic investigation and disclosure
- responders
- CyberHUB-AM; Access Now Digital Security Helpline; Citizen Lab; Amnesty Security Lab; researcher Ruben Muradyan; targets who chose to go public
- source
- https://www.accessnow.org/publication/armenia-spyware-victims-pegasus-hacking-in-war/; https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/armenia-azerbaijan-pegasus-spyware-targeted-armenian-public-figures-amid-conflict/
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