Kamal Nath seeks probe into Pegasus snooping case by Supreme Court judge
The HinduMadhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Wednesday termed the alleged snooping of politicians and journalists by the Israeli spyware Pegasus as the “biggest attack on the privacy” of people and demanded a probe into it by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court. Addressing a press conference in Bhopal, the former State Chief Minister also said the Centre should file an affidavit in the Supreme Court that it did not use this spyware. Mr. Nath said the Centre should “file an affidavit in the Supreme Court that it had not obtained this spyware and its license from the Israel-based NSO ”. The real story behind Pegasus An international media consortium on Sunday reported that several verified mobile phone numbers, including of two serving Ministers, various journalists, some Opposition leaders and a sitting judge besides scores of business persons and activists in India could have been targeted for hacking through the Israeli spyware sold only to government agencies.