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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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Biden signs executive order restricting use of commercial spyware
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden signs executive order restricting use of commercial spyware

Al Jazeera  

The decision comes as governments around the world face accusations of using spyware to target dissidents. United States President Joe Biden has signed an executive order restricting the government’s use of commercial spyware technology that has been utilised to target political dissent around the globe. “Democratic governments also have confronted revelations that actors within their systems have used commercial spyware …

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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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Apple to release new ‘Lockdown Mode’ as it battles spyware firms
2 years, 5 months ago

Apple to release new ‘Lockdown Mode’ as it battles spyware firms

The Hindu  

Apple Inc on Wednesday said it plans to release a new feature called "Lockdown Mode" this fall that aims to add a new layer of protection for human rights advocates, political dissidents and other targets of sophisticated hacking attacks. "Lockdown Mode" will come to Apple's iPhones, iPads and Macs this fall and turning it on will block most attachments sent …

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Israel lawmakers outraged over claim police used NSO spyware
2 years, 11 months ago

Israel lawmakers outraged over claim police used NSO spyware

The Independent  

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Palestinian rights activists defiant over Israeli spyware hacks
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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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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India’s top court probes spying charges against government
3 years, 1 month ago

India’s top court probes spying charges against government

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Wednesday established a committee of experts to look into accusations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government used Israeli military-grade spyware to monitor political opponents, journalists and activists. The Supreme Court order came in response to petitions filed by a group of Indian journalists, rights activists and opposition politicians following an investigation by a …

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SC seeks Centre\'s reply to PILs over Pegasus snooping
3 years, 4 months ago

SC seeks Centre\'s reply to PILs over Pegasus snooping

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Unimpressed by the Centre’s insistence that it would disclose whether or not it used the Pegasus spyware for snooping only to a technical committee of experts — neutral and independent of the government — and not divulge in the public domain by putting it on an affidavit, the Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a reply from the government …

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Pegasus row: 500 people, groups write to CJI seeking SC intervention in snooping matter
3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus row: 500 people, groups write to CJI seeking SC intervention in snooping matter

India TV News  

Over 500 individuals and groups have written to Chief Justice of India N V Ramana seeking immediate intervention of the Supreme Court in the alleged Pegasus snooping matter and declare a “moratorium on the export, sale, transfer and use of Pegasus” spyware in the country. The letter urged the top court to direct the Centre and the Israeli firm NSO …

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Pegasus maker says it will probe any credible proof of misuse, shut down system if necessary
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus maker says it will probe any credible proof of misuse, shut down system if necessary

The Hindu  

Developer of Pegasus spyware, NSO said it will thoroughly investigate any credible proof of misuse of its technologies and will shut down the system where necessary. The statement comes after an international media consortium investigation found that over 50,000 phone numbers were targeted by NSO’s spyware, which is usually supplied to government agencies. NSO termed the expose a ‘well-orchestrated media …

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Pegasus spyware used to ‘snoop’ on Indian journalists, activists
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spyware used to ‘snoop’ on Indian journalists, activists

The Hindu  

Telephone numbers of some 40 Indian journalists figure in a “leaked list of potential targets for surveillance” and forensic tests were said to have “confirmed that some of them were successfully snooped upon by an unidentified agency using Pegasus softwareThe Wire, an independent news website, reported on Sunday night. Indian ministers, government officials and opposition leaders also figure in the …

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Pegasus spyware scandal: What did WhatsApp say earlier, what is NSO Group saying
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus spyware scandal: What did WhatsApp say earlier, what is NSO Group saying

India Today  

Pegasus spyware has been called one of the most sophisticated ever. Facebook-owned WhatsApp in October 2019 said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unnamed entities using the Israeli spyware Pegasus. The company also filed a case against NSO Group in the US, alleging that the sale of Pegasus like software was akin to …

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