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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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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 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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Opposition slams Government as New York Times report says India bought Pegasus spyware
2 years, 10 months ago

Opposition slams Government as New York Times report says India bought Pegasus spyware

The Hindu  

A new political storm erupted over an investigation by the New York Times that said the Indian government had purchased Israeli NSO group’s Pegasus software in July 2017 in order to carry out targeted surveillance on citizens, claiming that high-level visits by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and even a U.N. vote on a …

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Assam Leader of Opposition claims State Government tapping his phone
2 years, 11 months ago

Assam Leader of Opposition claims State Government tapping his phone

The Hindu  

Leader of Opposition in Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia on Monday expressed suspicion that his telephone was being illegally tapped by the BJP-led state government. The spyware row erupted in July last year after an international consortium of media outlets and investigative journalists reported that the phones of several Indian ministers, politicians, activists, and journalists were potentially targeted by Pegasus, Israeli …

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AP Exclusive: Polish opposition senator hacked with spyware
3 years ago

AP Exclusive: Polish opposition senator hacked with spyware

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Polish Sen. Krzysztof Brejza’s mobile phone was hacked with sophisticated spyware nearly three dozen times in 2019 when he was running the opposition’s campaign against the right-wing populist government in parliamentary elections, an internet watchdog found. It’s the third finding by the University of Toronto’s nonprofit Citizen Lab that a Polish opposition figure was hacked with Pegasus …

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There is an urgent need for a moratorium on sale of spy tech
3 years, 3 months ago

There is an urgent need for a moratorium on sale of spy tech

Al Jazeera  

In July 2021, an investigation by a consortium of media outlets revealed that several governments used phone malware supplied by an Israeli firm to spy on journalists, activists, opposition figures and heads of state. The group’s first and so far only transparency report released in June 2021 states: “The Defense Export Controls Agency of the Israeli Ministry of Defense strictly …

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Pegasus row: Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas moves Supreme Court seeking SIT probe
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus row: Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas moves Supreme Court seeking SIT probe

India Today  

Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas on Saturday moved the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team into the reports of surveillance of activists, journalists and politicians using the Pegasus spyware. In his writ petition filed before the apex court, CPI leader John Brittas claimed the government has been evasive on the Pegasus issue and has not …

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Telegram founder Pavel Durov says he was aware of being Pegasus snooping target since 2018
3 years, 5 months ago

Telegram founder Pavel Durov says he was aware of being Pegasus snooping target since 2018

India Today  

Telegram founder Pavel Durov is not worried that his name is on the list of entities that were targeted through Pegasus spyware. In a lengthy post, Durov said that he knew that one of his phone numbers was among the targets of surveillance tools such as Pegasus since at least 2018. An explosive investigation by Amnesty International, reviewed by a …

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Red line crossed by use of spyware, says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
3 years, 5 months ago

Red line crossed by use of spyware, says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Hindu  

The UN Human Rights High Commissioner has red flagged spyware like Pegasus and Candiru and said the “red line” was crossed by the use of the Pegasus spyware by state actors. If the recent allegations about the use of Pegasus are even partly true, then that red line has been crossed again and again with total impunity,” said Michelle Bachelet, …

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