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Who was targeted by hackers? Backers of Mexico’s soda tax

The hack: text messages that family members had died, with funeral information. Dark, dark stuff.

It’s dark hacktivism in repsonse to activism.   Indeed there are companies that sell services in these dark arts.

NY Times | Spyware’s Odd Targets: Backers of Mexico’s Soda Tax