
Has Serbia hacked activists’, journalists’ phones? Why?
Al JazeeraAmnesty International has revealed that phones belonging to Serbian activists and journalists have been hacked by Serbian intelligence and police using Israeli spyware and other mobile device forensics tools. In October, 2023, Amnesty International’s Security Lab revealed that two prominent journalists had been targeted via their iPhones with Pegasus spyware. It is not known who was responsible., Amnesty International’s Security Lab revealed that two prominent journalists had been targeted via their iPhones with Pegasus spyware. Fakih, who oversees HRW’s crisis response in countries that include Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Israel, Myanmar, the occupied Palestinian territory, Syria and the US, was targeted for unknown reasons by an unidentified party., HRW reported that Lama Fakih, a senior staff member and director of HRW’s Beirut office, was subjected to multiple cyberattacks using Pegasus spyware in 2021. Pegasus allegedly infiltrated Fakih’s phone on five occasions from April to August that year. It is not known who was responsible for the spyware attacks., a collaborative investigation by human rights group Access Now, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and independent researcher Nikolai Kvantaliani from Georgia found that journalists and activists from Russia, Belarus, Latvia and Israel as well as several living in exile in Europe had been targeted with Pegasus spyware.
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Israel secretly installed Pegasus on WhatsApp to spy on journalists and dissidents, finds US court
Live Mint
US Court ruling on Pegasus: Here's its direct impact in India
New Indian Express
Serbian police use mobile phone spyware to keep track of opponents and journalists, Amnesty says
Associated Press
Serbia has been illegally spying on political opponents and journalists, Amnesty says
The Independent
Poland’s prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people
Associated Press
Poland's right-wing leader questioned over Pegasus spyware
The Hindu
Former prime minister Kaczyński says Poland needed spyware but he wasn’t interested in the details
Associated Press
US sanctions spyware company and executives who targeted American journalists, government officials
Associated Press
Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
Hindustan Times
Poland’s PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
Associated Press
US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists
Associated Press
Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds
The Hindu
Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds
Associated Press
Journalists, activists targeted in Jordan with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware
Al Jazeera
Is Pegasus spyware targeting journalists in India?
The Hindu
Indian government is targeting high-profile journalists with Pegasus: Report
Hindustan Times
Pegasus Spyware found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International
The Hindu
Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know?
Al Jazeera
Indian journalist's phone targeted with Israeli spyware Pegasus: Report
Hindustan Times
India’s opposition leaders’ iPhones targeted by state-sponsored hackers | Explained
The Hindu
‘Pegasus spyware on my phone,’ says Akunuri Murali
The Hindu
Leading Egyptian opposition politician targeted with spyware, researchers find
The Independent
Leading Egyptian opposition politician targeted with spyware, researchers find
Associated Press
Israeli firm NSO’s spyware again hacking iPhones: Report
Al Jazeera
Press groups: Spyware again used against Mexican activists
Associated Press
‘Officers told me to be careful...’: Rahul Gandhi on Pegasus issue
Live Mint
European spyware investigators criticize Israel and Poland
Associated Press
Explained | Is there clarity on Pegasus malware report?
The Hindu
Pegasus spyware not found on 29 phones submitted for examination: CJI
Op India
Pegasus hearing: Centre didn’t cooperate with probe, says Supreme Court
Live Mint
Victim of private spyware warns it can be used against US
Associated Press
In Pegasus battle, the fight for surveillance reform
The Hindu
Researchers say Thai pro-democracy activists hit by spyware
The Hindu
Researchers say Thai pro-democracy activists hit by spyware
Associated Press
Pegasus spyware targeted Thai democracy activists: Report
Al Jazeera
Thai pro-democracy activists had phones attacked with government-sponsored Pegasus spyware, investigators say
ABC
Spain sacks spy chief over Pegasus spyware scandal
Al Jazeera
Spain: 2021 spyware attack targeted prime minister’s phone
Associated Press
2021 Pegasus attack targeted Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez’s phone
The Hindu
Spain detects Pegasus spyware on PM, defence minister’s phones
Al Jazeera
Watchdog warns Boris Johnson of suspected spyware attack on No 10
The Independent
Powerful ‘Pegasus’ spyware found on Downing Street phone, researchers claim
The Independent
Pegasus: What you need to know about Israeli spyware
Al Jazeera
Israeli police: Possible improper surveillance by our own
Associated Press
Finnish diplomats’ mobile devices hacked with spyware
Associated Press
Phone of senior HRW investigator ‘targeted’ by NSO spyware
The Independent
HRW says staffer was targeted with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware
Al Jazeera
Israel to probe alleged use of Pegasus to spy on its citizens
Al Jazeera
Israel lawmakers outraged over claim police used NSO spyware
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