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"Proves how 300 WhatsApp numbers of Indians were targeted": Randeep Surjewala after U.S. court verdict on Pegasus
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"Proves how 300 WhatsApp numbers of Indians were targeted": Randeep Surjewala after U.S. court verdict on Pegasus

The Hindu  

A recent U.S. court ruling holding Israel's NSO Group accountable for its spyware, Pegasus, has sparked sharp criticism from Congress leader Randeep Surjewala who highlighted that the court's verdict reinforces allegations that 300 WhatsApp numbers in India were targeted. A U.S. judge ruled in favour of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a vulnerability …

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Will SC conduct further inquiry, asks Randeep Surjewala after Pegasus spyware case verdict in US
1 day, 14 hours ago

Will SC conduct further inquiry, asks Randeep Surjewala after Pegasus spyware case verdict in US

New Indian Express  

He said it was time for the Narendra Modi government to answer who the 300 names targeted were. "Will the Supreme Court take note of the judgment of the US court in Meta v/s NSO? Will the Supreme Court proceed to make public the report of the Committee of Technical Experts on Pegasus Spyware, submitted to it in 2021-22?" Questioning …

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Has Serbia hacked activists’, journalists’ phones? Why?
4 days, 14 hours ago

Has Serbia hacked activists’, journalists’ phones? Why?

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty 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 …

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A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections
2 weeks, 5 days ago

A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Already Found 7 Pegasus Infections

Wired  

In recent years, commercial spyware has been deployed by more actors against a wider range of victims, but the prevailing narrative has still been that the malware is used in targeted attacks against an extremely small number of people. The company’s Mobile Threat Hunting feature uses a combination of malware signature-based detection, heuristics, and machine learning to look for anomalies …

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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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Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know?
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know?

Al Jazeera  

A new forensic investigation by Amnesty International and The Washington Post has shown the use of the Israeli Pegasus spyware, likely by the Indian government, to surveil high-profile Indian journalists. The report, published by Amnesty’s Security Lab, found continued use of the software to target high-profile Indian journalists including a journalist who had also previously been a victim of attacks …

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Thai activists sue government agencies for allegedly using Pegasus spyware against them
1 year, 6 months ago

Thai activists sue government agencies for allegedly using Pegasus spyware against them

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Two prominent Thai activists filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the government of using the internationally notorious Pegasus spyware to infiltrate their mobile devices during a period of political unrest almost three years ago. Law reform advocate Yingcheep Atchanont and human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa accuse nine state agencies in the administration of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha of …

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Press groups: Spyware again used against Mexican activists
1 year, 8 months ago

Press groups: Spyware again used against Mexican activists

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Press freedom groups said Tuesday the Mexican government apparently continued to use Pegasus spyware to infect telephones of human rights activists as recently as late 2022, despite a pledge by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to stop such spying. “So far in the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, at least three human rights activists and …

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'Shahenshah, Shah' Buying Cognyte Spyware For Rs 986 Crore To Replace Pegasus: Congress
1 year, 8 months ago

'Shahenshah, Shah' Buying Cognyte Spyware For Rs 986 Crore To Replace Pegasus: Congress

ABP News  

The Congress on Monday accused the Narendra Modi government of buying new a spyware, 'Cognyte', for snooping. As much as Rs 986 crore will be spent on it, senior Congress leader Pawan Khera said. The latest attack by the Grand Old Party came amid reports claiming that an Indian defence agency has been purchasing equipment from an Israeli spyware firm …

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OPINION | Rahul should have chosen his words carefully in Cambridge
1 year, 9 months ago

OPINION | Rahul should have chosen his words carefully in Cambridge

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has waded into a fresh controversy by alleging on foreign soil that 'Indian democracy is under threat' and several leaders, including himself are under surveillance. Rahul Gandhi said: "In my view, Narendra Modi is destroying the architecture of India. BJP immediately reacted and said it was "a brazen attempt" to denigrate India on foreign soil, in …

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US Supreme Court allows Meta, WhatsApp to sue NSO for installing Pegasus spyware on devices
1 year, 11 months ago

US Supreme Court allows Meta, WhatsApp to sue NSO for installing Pegasus spyware on devices

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided to allow Meta and WhatsApp to pursue a lawsuit against Israel’s NSO Group for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp and installing spyware on the devices of over 1400 people across the world. NSO’s seeking immunity Ever since Meta announced that they will be going after NSO to the extent that the …

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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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Pegasus hearing: Centre didn’t cooperate with probe, says Supreme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Pegasus hearing: Centre didn’t cooperate with probe, says Supreme Court

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the central government did not cooperate with the investigation into the Pegasus spyware cases. Several pleas were filed before the top court on snooping row by senior journalists N Ram, and Sashi Kumar, Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas of Communist Marxist Party of India and advocate ML Sharma, former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, …

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Supreme Court Constituted Committee Finds Malware In 5/29 Devices Though Not Clear If Its Pegasus; Says Centre Did Not Cooperate
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Constituted Committee Finds Malware In 5/29 Devices Though Not Clear If Its Pegasus; Says Centre Did Not Cooperate

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday took on record the sealed cover report submitted by the independent committee probing the allegations of illegal surveillance using Pegasus spyware.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli orally remarked that Government of India did not cooperate with the Committee and that the Government followed the same. …

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Pegasus spyware targeted Thai democracy activists: Report
2 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spyware targeted Thai democracy activists: Report

Al Jazeera  

NGO investigation finds controversial malware on the phones of 30 activists and civil society leaders after they receive an Apple security warning. At least 30 Thai activists involved in pro-democracy protests were victims of Pegasus spyware during a government crackdown on dissent, according to an investigation by a group of internet watchdog organisations. Canadian group Citizen Lab and Thai NGOs …

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Spain sacks spy chief over Pegasus spyware scandal
2 years, 7 months ago

Spain sacks spy chief over Pegasus spyware scandal

Al Jazeera  

The decision comes after Paz Esteban admitted that her agency had legally hacked several Catalan separatists’ phones. Spain’s government has fired the director of its top intelligence agency amid two separate cases of the hacking of politicians’ mobile phones using Pegasus spyware, according to the country’s defence minister. Paz Esteban, the first woman to head Spain’s National Intelligence Centre, will …

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Spain's PM, defense minister's phones infected with Pegasus spyware
2 years, 7 months ago

Spain's PM, defense minister's phones infected with Pegasus spyware

India TV News  

Highlights Spanish officials said PM, defense minister's phones were infected last year with Pegasus spyware. Spanish officials said Monday that the cellphones of the prime minister and the defense minister were infected last year with Pegasus spyware that is only available to government agencies in an unauthorized operation. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s mobile phone was breached twice in May 2021, …

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Spain detects Pegasus spyware on PM, defence minister’s phones
2 years, 7 months ago

Spain detects Pegasus spyware on PM, defence minister’s phones

Al Jazeera  

Authorities say the phones of the two top officials were tapped in an ‘illicit and external intervention’ last year. Spanish authorities have said that the mobile phones of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Minister of Defence Margarita Robles were tapped using Pegasus spyware in an “illicit and external” intervention. “There is no evidence that there was other tapping after those …

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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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AP Speaker forms House panel to probe TD \'hiring\' Pegasus
2 years, 8 months ago

AP Speaker forms House panel to probe TD \'hiring\' Pegasus

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Formation of a house committee to investigate an allegation that the previous TD government used Pegasus spyware was announced on the last day of the AP assembly’s budget session by Speaker Tammineni Sitaram on Friday. Senior YSR Congress legislator from Tirupati Bhumana Karunakar Reddy will head the panel that will go into allegations of procurement of Pegasus spyware by …

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Sonia Gandhi cites hit job by Al Jazeera in Parliament: How Congress is shoring itself up by building foreign ecosystem
2 years, 9 months ago

Sonia Gandhi cites hit job by Al Jazeera in Parliament: How Congress is shoring itself up by building foreign ecosystem

Op India  

With its domestic ecosystem in shambles, Congress is looking towards leaning on its ‘foreign counterparts’ to redeem itself and yank itself out of political irrelevance. Citing a report published in Al Jazeera a few days back, Gandhi urged the government to put an end to the alleged “systematic interference” of Facebook and other social media giants in India’s electoral politics. …

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