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

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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2 days 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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8 months, 1 week ago

Apple's Spyware Alert for Some Users in India, 91 Other Nations Follows CERT-In's Query to Tech Giant

News 18

The recent threat notification alert from Apple to some users was a result of ministry of electronics and information technology wing CERT-In writing to the company on April 10 to inform its users if any new vulnerabilities had been found in its products, government sources told News18 on Thursday. They added that the government body also asked Apple on April …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Centre buying Pegasus-type ‘snooping’ spyware ‘Cognyte’: Congress

Hindustan Times

The Congress on Monday said the Union government is trying to buy a Pegasus-type spying software called ‘Cognyte’ at a cost of ₹986 crore, and alleged that it will be used to snoop on politicians, media, activists, and NGOs. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera at a press conference on Monday said, “Since Pegasus has become infamous, the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Explained | One year since the Pegasus spyware revelations

The Hindu

The story so far: The Supreme Court will be hearing the case pertaining to the alleged use of the Pegasus spyware software later this month. Back then, the court constituted a committee, overseen by former Supreme Court judge Justice R.V Raveendran, to look into the charges and accordingly submit a report “expeditiously”. The article had alleged that Pegasus was part …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Explained | The operations of the Pegasus spyware

The Hindu

The story so far: On January 28, the New York Times published an article extensively detailing how Pegasus, a spyware developed by Israel-based NSO Group, has been used as a tool to firm up Israel’s interests across the globe. The article claims that it was after this deal that India changed its historically pro-Palestine stance and voted in Israel’s favour …

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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, 11 months ago

SC panel probing Pegasus snooping scandal issues public notice; here's what it says

India Today

The Supreme Court-appointed committee to investigate the alleged use of Pegasus spyware to snoop on citizens has asked people who suspect their phones were targeted to contact them by January 7. In a public notice, the panel said any person who believed their phone/instrument has been infected with Pegasus can approach them and get their device examined. HERE'S WHAT THE …

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3 years ago

US Lawmakers Call for Sanctions Against Israel's NSO Group, Other Spyware Firms

News 18

A group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three other foreign surveillance companies they say helped authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses. Their letter sent late Tuesday and seen by Reuters also asks for sanctions on top executives at NSO, the United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company DarkMatter, …

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3 years ago

AP Source: NSO Group spyware used to hack State employees

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The phones of 11 U.S. State Department employees were hacked with spyware from Israel’s NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire company, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. “We have been acutely concerned that commercial spyware like NSO Group software poses a serious counterintelligence and security risk to U.S. personnel,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Palestinian rights activists defiant over Israeli spyware hacks

Al Jazeera

Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Palestinian civil society employees and political activists say they are determined to continue their work despite the criminalisation of their organisations by Israel and the hacking of their phones with Pegasus spyware developed by Israeli company NSO Group. “I don’t sleep at night because every time I hear noises outside I think it’s Israeli soldiers.” …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Palestinian activists hacked by Israeli firm NSO spyware: Report

Al Jazeera

Spyware from the Israeli surveillance firm was detected on the mobile phones of six Palestinian rights activists, according to a report. Spyware from the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group was detected on the mobile phones of six Palestinian human rights activists, in the first known instance of Palestinian activists being targeted by the military-grade Pegasus spyware. The first two intrusions …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Panel should uncover Pegasus trail to 2019: Supreme Court

The Hindu

The Supreme Court on Wednesday wants the Justice R.V. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana asked the former apex court judge and his panel to dig up the steps taken by the government “after reports were published in the year 2019 about hacking of WhatsApp accounts of Indian citizens, using the Pegasus suite of spyware”. In …

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3 years, 1 month ago

SC says indiscriminate spying on people can't be allowed, forms expert committee to probe Pegasus case

India Today

The Supreme Court has formed an expert panel to probe into the Pegasus snoopgate. The expert committee will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran. The court added that information gathered by agencies is vital to the fight against terrorism and it can interfere in right to privacy only when absolutely necessary for the protection of national …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Don't beat around the bush, SC judges tell Centre on Pegasus row

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, while reserving its interim order on a batch of petitions seeking an independent probe into the alleged snooping of the mobile phones of key political leaders, Supreme Court judges, top mediapersons and other eminent people told the Centre “not to beat around the bush” on the issue as it would not take it …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Apple patches exploit attributed to Pegasus

The Hindu

Apple released an emergency software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could allow hackers to directly infect Apple devices without any user action. The researchers at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said the flaw allowed Pegasus spyware from the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire firm, NSO Group, to directly infect the iPhone of a Saudi activist. Although …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Nothing To Do With Pegasus : WhatsApp Tells Supreme Court

Live Law

WhatsApp's counsel told the Supreme Court on Monday that it has got nothing to do with Pegasus.This happened before a bench led by the Chief Justice of India which is hearing a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe by a Special Investigation Team or a judicial probe into the reports of snooping of activists, journalists, politicians and constitutional authorities …

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3 years, 4 months ago

'We expect some discipline': Supreme Court on 'parallel' social media debates by petitioners on Pegasus row

India Today

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its displeasure over what it called "parallel debates" on social media by the petitioners seeking probe into the Pegasus spyware row. A three-judge bench headed by CJI NV Ramana said the Supreme Court expected "some discipline" while the matter was being heard by it. WHAT HAPPENED IN SUPREME COURT CJI Ramama, while hearing the …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Parliament disrupted to protect interest of one family: Ravi Shankar Prasad attacks Congress on Pegasus row

India Today

"Parliament is not been allowed to function just to protect the interest of a particular family," Former Union Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday attacked the Congress on Parliament logjam over the Pegasus row. Questioning the reports on the Pegasus issue, Ravi Shankar Prasad asked, "Has any responsible quarter, given any evidence that such and such number …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Govt 'unconcerned' about snooping allegations: Chidambaram

The Hindu

Amid reports that French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on the Pegasus snooping allegations, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday, July 26, 2021, attacked the Centre, saying the only government that is "unconcerned" over the issue is that of India. Reacting to the reports, Mr. Chidambaram tweeted, "President Macron of France called PM Bennett …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Joining the dots in the second coming of Pegasus

The Hindu

Pegasus is not a stranger to our shores. The frequent and prolonged instances of Internet shutdowns; use of the sedition law on critics of the Government’s policies; use of the Unlawful Activities Act ; rushing of crucial pieces of legislation affecting core sectors of our economy through the Houses of Parliament; consigning the data privacy Bill to a select committee; …

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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

French President Macron calls Israeli PM Bennett on allegations of snooping

The Hindu

French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on reports that Morocco’s security forces may have used the Pegasus spyware to snoop on his cellphones, according to a media report. We can “specifically come out and say for sure that the President of France, Macron, was not a target,” Chaim Gelfand, Chief Compliance Officer at NSO …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spyware issue | PIL in Supreme Court seeks SIT probe

The Hindu

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a Special Investigation Team into reports of government using Israeli software Pegasus to spy on its critics, Opposition leaders, activists, journalists and even on its own Ministers. The petition filed by Supreme Court advocate Manohar Lal Sharma asked “whether the Constitution allows the Prime Minister and his Minister to snoop …

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

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

Apple's Spyware Alert for Some Users in India, 91 Other Nations Follows CERT-In's Query to Tech Giant

Centre buying Pegasus-type ‘snooping’ spyware ‘Cognyte’: Congress

Explained | One year since the Pegasus spyware revelations

Explained | The operations of the Pegasus spyware

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

SC panel probing Pegasus snooping scandal issues public notice; here's what it says

US Lawmakers Call for Sanctions Against Israel's NSO Group, Other Spyware Firms

AP Source: NSO Group spyware used to hack State employees

Palestinian rights activists defiant over Israeli spyware hacks

Palestinian activists hacked by Israeli firm NSO spyware: Report

Panel should uncover Pegasus trail to 2019: Supreme Court

SC says indiscriminate spying on people can't be allowed, forms expert committee to probe Pegasus case

Don't beat around the bush, SC judges tell Centre on Pegasus row

Apple patches exploit attributed to Pegasus

Nothing To Do With Pegasus : WhatsApp Tells Supreme Court

'We expect some discipline': Supreme Court on 'parallel' social media debates by petitioners on Pegasus row

Parliament disrupted to protect interest of one family: Ravi Shankar Prasad attacks Congress on Pegasus row

Govt 'unconcerned' about snooping allegations: Chidambaram

Joining the dots in the second coming of Pegasus

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

French President Macron calls Israeli PM Bennett on allegations of snooping

Pegasus spyware issue | PIL in Supreme Court seeks SIT probe