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

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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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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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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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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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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2 years, 10 months ago

Pegasus Spyware: Supreme Court Urged To Take Cognisance Of New York Times Report Alleging Pegasus Purchase By Indian Government

Live Law

While referring to the recent New York Times report that in July 2017 Modi government purchased Pegasus from an Israeli firm, Advocate ML Sharma has moved the Supreme Court of India seeking probe into the alleged Pegasus purchase. The application has stated that the New York Times published a detailed report on 29th January 2022, declaring that in July 2017 …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Best time to ask for advanced version: Chidambaram slams Centre over Pegasus spyware issue

India TV News

Day after reports surfaced that the Centre allegedly bought Israeli spyware Pegasus in 2017, Congress Rajya Sabha MP and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram took a jibe at the Centre by saying that it is the best time to ask Israel if they have any advanced version of the Pegasus spyware. "PM said that it is the best time …

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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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2 years, 11 months ago

Pegasus Snooping- Counsel Of Bhima Koregaon Accused Writes To SC-Appointed Technical Committee Suspecting Hacking Of His Device

Live Law

A lawyer, who represented several persons implicated in the Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case has written to the Technical Committee appointed by the Supreme Court to probe into the allegations of snooping through Pegasus, suspecting compromise of his mobile device by Pegasus Malware.Advocate Nihalsing B Rathod, a practicing lawyer based in Nagpur has argued that his phone was intercepted. A …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Mexico arrests businessman in Pegasus spyware case

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors said Monday they have arrested a businessman on charges he used the Pegasus spyware to spy on a journalist. In July, Mexico’s top security official said two previous administrations spent $61 million to buy Pegasus spyware. García Rivera is “a technical employee of a private company that was an intermediary for NSO in Mexico, and …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Israel’s Pegasus: Is your phone a ‘24-hour surveillance device’?

Al Jazeera

The Pegasus scandal is the latest episode in the dystopian science fiction thriller that we are presently living. Between June 2020 and February 2021, the iPhones of nine Bahraini activists – including two dissidents exiled in London and three members of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights – were hacked using the Pegasus spyware that was developed by NSO Group, …

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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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3 years, 4 months ago

No transaction with NSO Group, says defence ministry in Parliament amid Pegasus controversy

India Today

The Ministry of Defence has informed Parliament that it has not carried out any transaction with Israel-based company NSO Group Technologies. In a written reply to a question from Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament V Sivadasan of the Communist Party of India, Minister of State Ajay Bhatt stated on Monday, “Ministry of Defence has not had any transaction with NSO …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Direct Centre To Disclose Use Of Pegasus Spyware : 5 Journalists On Potential Snoop List Move Supreme Court

Live Law

In a significant development in the Pegasus spyware controversy, five journalists who are reported to be in the potential list of snoop targets have filed writ petitions in the Supreme Court contending that the unauthorized use of surveillance by government agencies have violated their fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution.This is the first instance of persons approaching the. In a …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus spyware row: Supreme Court to hear pleas seeking court-monitored probe on August 5

India Today

The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the Pegasus spyware controversy on Thursday, August 5. Read: PM Modi has put a weapon in our phones, it's anti-national: Rahul Gandhi on Pegasus row “The targeted surveillance using military-grade spyware is an unacceptable violation of the right to privacy which has been held to be …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Chidambaram attacks govt over Pegasus, asks whether it will give up 'ostrich-like attitude'

India TV News

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday attacked the government over the Pegasus snooping allegations, asking whether it will give up its "ostrich-like attitude" and agree to the Opposition's demand for a full discussion in Parliament on the issue. Attacking the government, Chidambaram said another case of misuse of Pegasus spyware has been revealed now with France's national cybersecurity agency …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Mexico says officials spent $61 million on Pegasus spyware

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s top security official said Wednesday that two previous administrations spent $61 million to buy Pegasus spyware that has been implicated in government surveillance of opponents and journalists around the world. The government said many of the contracts with the Israeli spyware firm NSO Group were signed with front companies, which are often used in Mexico to …

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3 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi has put a weapon in our phones, it's anti-national: Rahul Gandhi on Pegasus row

India Today

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday questioned the Narendra Modi-led government over the Pegasus issue and asked the leadership to clarify if the spyware was used to snoop on Indians. FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES ON PARLIAMENT MONSOON SESSION HERE Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Pegasus issue, Rahul Gandhi said using Pegasus spyware against citizens, in his view, is an …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus row: Rajya Sabha MP moves SC seeking court-monitored probe into snooping allegations

Firstpost

The petition filed by CPM MP from Kerala John Brittas said that the the government has neither accepted nor denied whether the spyware was bought and used by its agencies New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member John Brittas has moved the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored probe into reports of alleged snooping of activists, politicians, journalists and constitutional functionaries using Israeli …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus spyware row: P Chidambaram seeks JPC probe, asks PM to clarify whether snooping was done

Firstpost

The former home minister said the ‘unlawful snooping’ may have ‘helped’ the BJP to score victory in 2019 Lok Sabha polls which has been ’tainted’ by the allegations New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said the government should either call for a joint parliamentary committee probe into the Pegasus snooping allegations or request the Supreme Court to …

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3 years, 4 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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3 years, 5 months ago

Dubai’s Princess Latifa and Princess Haya listed among potential targets of Pegasus spyware

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, …

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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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3 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | Pegasus spyware: Making allegation is not enough, proof of surveillance is needed

India TV News

There were lots of speculations in political circles on Monday about whether the Modi government snooped on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, political strategist Prashant Kishor and some journalists. According to Paris-based media non-profit organization Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International, spyware Pegasus sold by Israeli NSO Group, was used to conduct surveillance on nearly 300 Indians. On Monday, the controversy was …

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

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

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

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

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

Pegasus Spyware: Supreme Court Urged To Take Cognisance Of New York Times Report Alleging Pegasus Purchase By Indian Government

Best time to ask for advanced version: Chidambaram slams Centre over Pegasus spyware issue

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

Pegasus Snooping- Counsel Of Bhima Koregaon Accused Writes To SC-Appointed Technical Committee Suspecting Hacking Of His Device

Mexico arrests businessman in Pegasus spyware case

Israel’s Pegasus: Is your phone a ‘24-hour surveillance device’?

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

No transaction with NSO Group, says defence ministry in Parliament amid Pegasus controversy

Direct Centre To Disclose Use Of Pegasus Spyware : 5 Journalists On Potential Snoop List Move Supreme Court

Pegasus spyware row: Supreme Court to hear pleas seeking court-monitored probe on August 5

Chidambaram attacks govt over Pegasus, asks whether it will give up 'ostrich-like attitude'

Mexico says officials spent $61 million on Pegasus spyware

PM Modi has put a weapon in our phones, it's anti-national: Rahul Gandhi on Pegasus row

Pegasus row: Rajya Sabha MP moves SC seeking court-monitored probe into snooping allegations

Pegasus spyware row: P Chidambaram seeks JPC probe, asks PM to clarify whether snooping was done

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

Dubai’s Princess Latifa and Princess Haya listed among potential targets of Pegasus spyware

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

Opinion | Pegasus spyware: Making allegation is not enough, proof of surveillance is needed