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This article details how government-backed spyware vendors are exploiting legitimate ad networks to deliver zero-click exploits, a development with direct implications for AI-driven ad targeting systems and global digital security infrastructure. The core technical concern is the weaponization of programmatic advertising platforms to bypass user interaction, which could scale significantly if automated by advanced machine learning models used in ad optimization.

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Governments are hacking people with ‘zero-click’ spyware by showing them online ads

TechCrunchOctober 15, 20264 min read

The digital rights unit found evidence that dozens of devices at media organization Al Jazeera were hacked after being shown malicious online ads.

Security researchers at digital rights unit Citizen Lab say government spyware makers are abusing global advertising networks to target and hack devices by serving malicious online adverts. A new report published Thursday by the University of Toronto lab, which investigates surveillance and digital rights abuses, said an Israeli company called Discover-Tech allows spyware makers to use its advertising platform to target specific people or devices almost anywhere in the world with spyware capable of invisibly stealing their…

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