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1 year, 9 months ago

Anurag Thakur lambasts Rahul Gandhi for his 'Pegasus' statement, says, 'Doing hue and cry on...'

Pegasus row: The Union Minister for I&B Anurag Thakur lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his recent statement on 'Pegasus' matter at the University of Cambridge. Rahul Gandhi should listen to what Italian PM said about PM Modi," said Union Minister Anurag Thakur. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi during his lecture on Thursday at the prestigious University of …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Indonesian officials targeted by spyware: sources

Al Jazeera

More than a dozen senior Indonesian government and military officials were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm, according to nine people with knowledge of the matter. Six of the Indonesian officials and advisers targeted told Reuters they received an email message from Apple Inc in November 2021 telling them that Apple believed officials were …

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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, 9 months ago

AP Assembly storm over Pegasus, panel to probe allegation

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: The AP Assembly witnessed stormy scenes on Monday on the alleged use of Pegasus software by the former TD government. “He used it to spy on politicians and this needs to be investigated by a house committee.” YSRC MLA Abbai Chowdary said Naidu killed democracy by using spyware software. Another MLA Gudivada Amarnath termed Naidu an ‘immoral politician’ and …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Opposition to target government on Pegasus, COVID and jobs

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Opposition parties plan to corner the government on a variety of issues in the Budget Session of Parliament which starts on Monday. The latest Pegasus spyware revelations have come as a shot in the arm for the Congress with a New York Times report claiming the spyware was sold to India as part of an India-Israel deal. …

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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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3 years ago

Pegasus Case : Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Plea Challenging West Bengal's Judicial Commission Probe

Live Law

The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow a plea challenging the Constitution of Enquiry Commission constituted by the State of West Bengal to investigate into the allegations pertaining to the Pegasus spyware scandal.The matter has been listed after the counsel for the petitioner NGO "Global Village Foundation Charitable Trust" requested Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to urgently list. The Supreme …

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3 years ago

NSO Group May Shut Down Pegasus Spyware, Company May Be Sold: Report

News 18

NSO Group, the Israeli firm behind the notorious Pegasus spyware, is exploring shutting down its Pegasus unit and selling the entire company, a report in Bloomberg has hinted. According to the report, NSO Group has brought in advisers from Moelis & Co to assist, and lenders are getting advice from lawyers at Willkie Farr and Gallagher, the people familiar with …

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3 years ago

NSO Group explores shut down of its Pegasus spyware unit, sale

Al Jazeera

US blacklists scandal-plagued NSO, adding pressure on the company that has to pay back $450 million in loans. NSO Group Ltd., the scandal-plagued spyware company that’s in danger of defaulting on its debts, is exploring options that include shutting its controversial Pegasus unit and selling the entire company, according to people familiar with the matter. Under that scenario, the funds …

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3 years ago

U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware

The Hindu

Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group,according to four people familiar with the matter. NSO Group and another spyware firm were "added to the Entity List based on a determination that they developed and supplied spyware to foreign governments that used …

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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 ago

Phones of US State Department Staffers Hacked Using Israeli Firm NSO Group

News 18

Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter. NSO Group and another spyware firm were "added to the Entity List based on a determination that they developed and supplied spyware to foreign governments that …

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3 years ago

US officials’ phones hacked with NSO Group spyware: Reuters

Al Jazeera

The phones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked by NSO Group spyware, the news agency reports. The phones of at least nine US State Department employees were hacked using Israeli firm NSO Group’s spyware, the Reuters news agency has reported, citing four unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The news agency’s report comes after US President …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Salvadoran journalists, activists report spyware alerts

Associated Press

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Association of Salvadoran Journalists says some news outlets have reported receiving alerts Wednesday from Apple Inc. warning of “possible spying” on the part of the Salvadoran government. The association said it had been informed of alerts sent to 23 journalists, including some at the investigative news outlet El Faro and newspapers like Diario El …

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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

Pegasus Spyware Issue India's Internal Matter, NSO Can’t Sell To Non-Government Actors: Israeli Envoy

ABP News

New Delhi: Asserting the Pegasus spyware issue is India’s internal matter, Israeli Ambassador Naor Gilon on Thursday said his country does not allow companies like NSO to sell their products to non-governmental actors. READ: India To Celebrate 2022 As 'ASEAN-India Friendship Year' On Completing 30 Yrs Of Partnership: PM Modi “We grant this export licence only for exporting to governments,” …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Pegasus snooping row: SC to pronounce verdict on pleas seeking independent probe today

Firstpost

A bench comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana had reserved an order on 13 September, saying it only wanted to know whether or not the Centre used the Pegasus spyware through illegal methods to allegedly snoop on citizens The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce a verdict on Wednesday on a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the Pegasus …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Pegasus row: SC to set up technical experts committee to inquire into matter, formal order next week

Firstpost

The observation assumes significance as the Centre had earlier offered to set up an expert panel on its own to look into the grievances of alleged snooping on phones New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court Thursday observed orally that it will set up a technical expert committee to inquire into the Pegasus snooping matter and pass an …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Centre not to file affidavit on Pegasus

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

Pegasus- Supreme Court Reserves Interim Order After Centre Refused To File Affidavit On Spyware Use

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved interim orders on a batch of petitions seeking investigation into the alleged illegal use of Pegasus spyware to snoop civilians, journalists, etc. No reason to doubt credibility of Govt appointed committee: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta "There is a marginal difference between protecting the rights of citizens and entering the zone where we will compromise …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Pegasus row: SC grants more time to Centre for filing response, fixes pleas for hearing on Sept 13

India TV News

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted some more time to the Centre for filing its response to a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter and fixed them for further hearing on September 13. As soon as as the matter came up for hearing before the bench, which also comprised justices Surya Kant and …

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3 years, 3 months ago

[Pegasus] "Could Not Sit As A Silent Spectator When Centre Was Evasive: WB Govt. Says It Was Well Within Its Authority To Set-Up Inquiry Commission

Live Law

Since, the Central Government did not find it necessary to appoint a Commission of Inquiry in relation to the 'Pegasus' spyware scandal, the State of West Bengal has submitted before the Supreme Court that it acted well within its legal authority to appoint a commission since the subject matter of the inquiry fell within the bounds of List II and …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Pegasus : Supreme Court Refuses To Restore Former RSS Leader Govindacharya's 2019 Petition; Allows Him To File Fresh Plea

Live Law

Govindacharya had filed the petition in 2019 in the wake of reports regarding use of Pegasus spyware to hack the phones of Indian activists and journalists by breaching the WhatsApp encryption. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to restore the petition filed by former RSS leader K N Govindacharya's in 2019 seeking a probe by National Investigation Agency into the …

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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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Anurag Thakur lambasts Rahul Gandhi for his 'Pegasus' statement, says, 'Doing hue and cry on...'

Indonesian officials targeted by spyware: sources

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

AP Assembly storm over Pegasus, panel to probe allegation

Opposition to target government on Pegasus, COVID and jobs

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

Pegasus Case : Supreme Court To Hear Tomorrow Plea Challenging West Bengal's Judicial Commission Probe

NSO Group May Shut Down Pegasus Spyware, Company May Be Sold: Report

NSO Group explores shut down of its Pegasus spyware unit, sale

U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware

AP Source: NSO Group spyware used to hack State employees

Phones of US State Department Staffers Hacked Using Israeli Firm NSO Group

US officials’ phones hacked with NSO Group spyware: Reuters

Salvadoran journalists, activists report spyware alerts

Palestinian rights activists defiant over Israeli spyware hacks

Pegasus Spyware Issue India's Internal Matter, NSO Can’t Sell To Non-Government Actors: Israeli Envoy

Pegasus snooping row: SC to pronounce verdict on pleas seeking independent probe today

Pegasus row: SC to set up technical experts committee to inquire into matter, formal order next week

Centre not to file affidavit on Pegasus

Pegasus- Supreme Court Reserves Interim Order After Centre Refused To File Affidavit On Spyware Use

Pegasus row: SC grants more time to Centre for filing response, fixes pleas for hearing on Sept 13

[Pegasus] "Could Not Sit As A Silent Spectator When Centre Was Evasive: WB Govt. Says It Was Well Within Its Authority To Set-Up Inquiry Commission

Pegasus : Supreme Court Refuses To Restore Former RSS Leader Govindacharya's 2019 Petition; Allows Him To File Fresh Plea

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