Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has strongly denied his government spied on prominent journalists and activists by hacking their phones.He said there was ”nothing more false” than to suggest his government was behind the installation of spyware.Several alleged victims have filed a criminal complaint following reports that the Israeli-made spyware had been found on their mobile phones.Mexican prosecutors have opened an investigation.A report in the New York Times said lawyers, journalists and activists investigating corruption and human rights abuses in Mexico were targeted with spyware that can infiltrate smartphones and monitor calls, texts and other communications.The software, known as Pegasus, was sold to Mexican federal agencies by Israeli company NSO Group on the condition that it only be used to investigate criminals and terrorists.

A prominent venture capitalist admitted to sexually harassing women in the tech industry, saying he leveraged his “position of power in exchange for sexual gain” in the latest discrimination and misconduct scandal to rock Silicon Valley.Justin Caldbeck announced on Friday that he would be taking an indefinite leave of absence from Binary Capital, the firm he co-founded, following the claims of six women who accused the 40-year-old of making unwanted advances, often in the context of potential business deals.Startup workers see sexual harassment on ’breathtaking’ scale in Silicon Valley Read more“The power dynamic that exists in venture capital is despicably unfair,” he said in his statement. “The gap of influence between male venture capitalists and female entrepreneurs is frightening and I hate that my behavior played a role in perpetrating a gender-hostile environment.”