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U.S. to roll out visa restrictions on people who misuse spyware to target journalists, activists
10 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. to roll out visa restrictions on people who misuse spyware to target journalists, activists

The Hindu  

The Biden administration announced that it is rolling out a new policy that will allow it to impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. The visa restrictions could also apply to people who facilitate or get financial benefit from the misuse of commercial spyware, officials said. “The United States remains concerned with the growing …

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US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration announced Monday it is rolling out a new policy that will allow it to impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. “The United States remains concerned with the growing misuse of commercial spyware around the world to facilitate repression, restrict the free flow of information, and enable human rights abuses,” …

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US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Monday it is rolling out a new policy that will allow it to impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. Such targeting has been linked to arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings in the most egregious of cases.” Biden issued a executive order nearly a year ago …

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Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds

The Hindu  

Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access Now said on February 1. The U.S. government was unpersuaded and blacklisted the NSO Group in November 2021, when iPhone maker Apple Inc. sued it, calling its employees “amoral 21st century …

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Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus spyware in Jordan, forensic probe finds

Associated Press  

Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, including journalists, lawyers, human rights and political activists, the digital rights group Access Now said Thursday. The U.S. government was unpersuaded and blacklisted the NSO Group in November 2021, when iPhone maker Apple Inc. sued it, calling its employees “amoral 21st century mercenaries who …

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Journalists, activists targeted in Jordan with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Journalists, activists targeted in Jordan with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware

Al Jazeera  

Report by Access Now says hackers used the malware to break into smartphones of dozens of people in Jordan. The mobile phones of more than 30 people in Jordan, including journalists, lawyers and activists, were hacked with the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware over several years, a new investigation has found. “We believe this is just the tip of the iceberg when …

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Pegasus Spyware found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Pegasus Spyware found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International

The Hindu  

The Wire news website’s founder editor, Siddharth Varadarajan, and another journalist in India were targeted with Pegasus spyware this year, the nonprofit Amnesty International’s Security Lab was able to determine after testing their devices, it announced on Thursday. The journalists had received an alert from Apple that they were being targeted by “state- Separately, TheWashington Post reported that after the …

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Apple iPhone hacking alert : Apple warns Opposition MPs about ‘state-sponsored’ attacks on their iPhones
1 year, 1 month ago

Apple iPhone hacking alert : Apple warns Opposition MPs about ‘state-sponsored’ attacks on their iPhones

The Hindu  

Over a dozen Opposition leaders and journalists received email alerts from U.S.-based tech giant Apple on Monday night, informing them that their digital devices were being targeted by “state- Prominent Opposition leaders who posted screenshots of these alerts on social media included Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister …

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Indian defence agency bought spyware from Pegasus ‘rival’, trade data reveals
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian defence agency bought spyware from Pegasus ‘rival’, trade data reveals

The Hindu  

An Indian defence agency has been purchasing equipment from an Israeli spyware firm that is being billed as a potential Pegasus alternative, according to trade data reviewed by The Hindu. “Cognyte regularly targeted journalists, dissidents, critics of authoritarian regimes, families of opposition, and human rights activists around the world, without their knowledge, and collected intelligence on these people by manipulating …

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WhatsApp’s Pegasus spyware lawsuit can go ahead: US top court
1 year, 11 months ago

WhatsApp’s Pegasus spyware lawsuit can go ahead: US top court

Al Jazeera  

Israeli firm NSO Group’s spyware has been linked to state surveillance of human rights activists and dissidents. The United States Supreme Court has allowed the WhatsApp messaging platform to pursue a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group, which makes the Pegasus spyware linked to state surveillance of journalists, human rights advocates and dissidents around the world. “NSO’s spyware has enabled cyberattacks …

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Europe’s Spyware Scandal Is a Global Wakeup Call
2 years, 1 month ago

Europe’s Spyware Scandal Is a Global Wakeup Call

Slate  

Multiple European governments are using advanced surveillance tools to spy on their own people, according to a damning new European Parliament report. “Some went even further and embedded spyware in a system deliberately designed for authoritarian rule.” The European Parliament launched this inquiry after the 2021 publication of the Pegasus Project, a spyware investigation led by 16 media outlets around …

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Spyware use on separatists in Spain “extensive,” group says
2 years, 8 months ago

Spyware use on separatists in Spain “extensive,” group says

Associated Press  

MADRID — The phones of dozens of pro-independence supporters in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia, including the regional chief and other elected officials, were hacked with controversial spyware available only to governments, a cybersecurity rights group said Monday. Citizen Lab, a research group affiliated with the University of Toronto, said a large-scale investigation it had conducted in collaboration with Catalan civil society …

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Pegasus: What you need to know about Israeli spyware
2 years, 10 months ago

Pegasus: What you need to know about Israeli spyware

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli company has been linked to governments exploiting its technology to spy on journalists, activists and politicians. Pegasus, spyware made by the Israeli technology company NSO Group, is making headlines again after it was reported that the Israeli police used it for spying on dozens of its own citizens – including senior government officials and protesters rallying up against …

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FBI confirms it bought spyware from Israel’s NSO Group
2 years, 10 months ago

FBI confirms it bought spyware from Israel’s NSO Group

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI has confirmed purchasing NSO Group’s powerful spyware tool Pegasus, whose chronic abuse to surveil journalists, dissidents and human rights activists has long been established. “Spending millions of dollars to line the pockets of a company that is widely known to serially facilitate widespread human rights abuses, possible criminal acts, and operations that threaten the U.S.’s own …

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HRW says staffer was targeted with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware
2 years, 10 months ago

HRW says staffer was targeted with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli NSO Group’s technology has been used by governments to target political opponents, activists and journalists. Human Rights Watch says one of its senior staff members was targeted five times last year with Pegasus, a spyware made by the Israeli company NSO Group. The NSO Group, which does not disclose its client list, has been mired in controversy in …

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Salvadoran journalists, activists report spyware alerts
3 years ago

Salvadoran journalists, activists report spyware alerts

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Association of Salvadoran Journalists says some news outlets have reported receiving alerts Wednesday from Apple Inc. warning of “possible spying” on the part of the Salvadoran government. The association said it had been informed of alerts sent to 23 journalists, including some at the investigative news outlet El Faro and newspapers like Diario El …

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Panama’s ex-president gets second acquittal in phone-tapping case
3 years, 1 month ago

Panama’s ex-president gets second acquittal in phone-tapping case

Al Jazeera  

Ricardo Martinelli was accused of wiretapping more than 150 people, including politicians and journalists. Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli has been acquitted on charges he tapped the phones of political opponents and journalists when he was in power. He was also accused of embezzling public funds to spy on his opponents when he led the country, and the prosecution accused …

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US blacklists Israel’s NSO group citing Pegasus spyware
3 years, 1 month ago

US blacklists Israel’s NSO group citing Pegasus spyware

Live Mint  

The U.S. Commerce Department added Israel's NSO Group and Candiru to its trade blacklist on Wednesday, saying they sold spyware to foreign governments that used the equipment to target government officials, journalists and others. The companies' addition to the list, for engaging in activities contrary to U.S. national security or foreign policy interests, means that exports to them from U.S …

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US sanctions Israeli firm NSO Group over spyware
3 years, 1 month ago

US sanctions Israeli firm NSO Group over spyware

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration says Israeli company’s spyware enables ‘repression’ and is used to target journalists and activists. The administration of US President Joe Biden has blacklisted Israeli firm NSO Group, accusing the technology company of developing and supplying spyware to foreign governments “that used these tools to maliciously” target a range of actors, including journalists and activists. ‘Strong message’ John Scott-Railton, …

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The Wire joins hands with western govt funded RSF against NSO Group
3 years, 4 months ago

The Wire joins hands with western govt funded RSF against NSO Group

Op India  

Reporters Without Borders and two other journalists had filed a complaint with prosecutors in France against NSO Group over the Pegasus scandal and all others the investigation would identify. The RSF said in a statement, “Seventeen journalists from seven countries who were listed as potential or actual victims of Pegasus spyware have filed complaints with prosecutors in Paris, against NSO …

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Government disallows question on Pegasus, says matter is sub judice
3 years, 4 months ago

Government disallows question on Pegasus, says matter is sub judice

The Hindu  

The Narendra Modi government has disallowed a question posed by CPI MP Binoy Viswam seeking details on a possible MOU between the government and Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group to deal with terrorist activity, citing that the matter is sub judice. Reports by the Pegasus Project, an international consortium of media organisations, that includes the Indian news portal The Wire …

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Pegasus Row- CJAR Condemns Phone Hacking Aimed At 'Attacking Judiciary's Independence'; Demands SC Monitored SIT Probe
3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus Row- CJAR Condemns Phone Hacking Aimed At 'Attacking Judiciary's Independence'; Demands SC Monitored SIT Probe

Live Law  

The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms has expressed 'deep concern' at the revelation that the Pegasus software owned by Israel's NSO Group, which was allegedly used to hack into the phones of Indian citizens, apparently at the behest of the Union government.In a press release issued today, CJAR has said thus: "Such large-scale intrusive surveillance into. CJAR has emphasized …

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Millions sleep well at night, walk safely on streets due to technologies like Pegasus: NSO
3 years, 5 months ago

Millions sleep well at night, walk safely on streets due to technologies like Pegasus: NSO

India Today  

Amidst the raging controversy over its surveillance software Pegasus, Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group has defended itself by saying that millions of people around the world sleep well at night and walk in the streets safely due to such technologies available with intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Read: All you wanted to know about Pegasus but didn’t know who to …

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Pegasus: Israel to review allegations of misuse and licensing process
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus: Israel to review allegations of misuse and licensing process

India TV News  

Amid the Pegasus snooping case backlash, Israel has established a committee to review the allegations of misuse of the NSO group's surveillance software and hinted at a possible "review of the whole matter of giving licences". “The defence establishment appointed a review committee made up of a number of bodies," lawmaker Ram Ben-Barak, the head of Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and …

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