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Serbian police use mobile phone spyware to keep track of opponents and journalists, Amnesty says
1 week, 1 day ago

Serbian police use mobile phone spyware to keep track of opponents and journalists, Amnesty says

Associated Press  

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s secret service and police have been spying on journalists and opposition activists by installing spyware on their mobile phones, Amnesty International said Monday. The report titled “A Digital Prison: Surveillance and the Suppression of Civil Society in Serbia” said the Serbian police and the Security Information Agency used spyware to infect devices while their owners were …

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Ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter says she received spyware threat notification
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter says she received spyware threat notification

Hindustan Times  

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter, Iltija Mufti, on Wednesday said that she received a threat notification from Apple informing her that she was being targeted with spyware attempting to compromise the iPhone associated with her Apple ID. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter, Iltija Mufti. Is there something illegal that I have done …

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Poland’s prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Poland’s prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s prosecutor general told the parliament on Wednesday that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people during the former government in Poland, among them elected officials. He said ”the use of this type of method must raise serious doubts from the point of view of the protection of constitutional rights.” Pegasus, produced by Israel’s the …

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Poland's right-wing leader questioned over Pegasus spyware
9 months, 1 week ago

Poland's right-wing leader questioned over Pegasus spyware

The Hindu  

The chairman of Poland’s main populist party Jaroslaw Kaczynski appeared before a parliamentary commission on Friday over the alleged use of the Israeli spyware Pegasus while it led the country’s previous government. Mr. Kaczynski, who also served as Poland’s Prime Minister, acknowledged in 2022 that his country had bought the spyware but denied that it had been used against critics. …

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Former prime minister Kaczyński says Poland needed spyware but he wasn’t interested in the details
9 months, 1 week ago

Former prime minister Kaczyński says Poland needed spyware but he wasn’t interested in the details

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Former Polish prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński told a parliamentary committee Friday he believes Poland needed advanced spyware but that, despite his leadership position, he wasn’t interested in how or against whom it was used. But he stressed that he was “not directly interested in the operational activity of the services.” However, he later said the “use of …

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Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
10 months, 1 week ago

Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware

Hindustan Times  

WARSAW, Poland — Poland's new prime minister said Tuesday he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list of hacking victims. Several Polish opponents of the previous government were targeted with Pegasus, a spyware program made by Israel's NSO Group, according to findings by the University …

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Poland’s PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
10 months, 1 week ago

Poland’s PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s new prime minister said Tuesday he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list of hacking victims. Several Polish opponents of the previous government were targeted with Pegasus, a spyware program made by Israel’s NSO Group, according to findings by the University …

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Hard Code | Cyber mercenaries and nations playing with fire
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Hard Code | Cyber mercenaries and nations playing with fire

Hindustan Times  

For several years now, the murky world of cyber mercenaries has enabled staggering attacks on political leaders, civil liberties, private enterprise and institutions. The potential first became clear in 2019, when WhatsApp sued what was then a little-known Israeli company called NSO Group, for building a spyware called Pegasus, which at the time enabled the snooping on 1,400 people which …

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Thai activists sue government agencies for allegedly using Pegasus spyware against them
1 year, 6 months ago

Thai activists sue government agencies for allegedly using Pegasus spyware against them

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Two prominent Thai activists filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing the government of using the internationally notorious Pegasus spyware to infiltrate their mobile devices during a period of political unrest almost three years ago. Law reform advocate Yingcheep Atchanont and human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa accuse nine state agencies in the administration of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha of …

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OPINION | Rahul should have chosen his words carefully in Cambridge
1 year, 9 months ago

OPINION | Rahul should have chosen his words carefully in Cambridge

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has waded into a fresh controversy by alleging on foreign soil that 'Indian democracy is under threat' and several leaders, including himself are under surveillance. Rahul Gandhi said: "In my view, Narendra Modi is destroying the architecture of India. BJP immediately reacted and said it was "a brazen attempt" to denigrate India on foreign soil, in …

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Anurag Thakur lambasts Rahul Gandhi for his 'Pegasus' statement, says, 'Doing hue and cry on...'
1 year, 9 months ago

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

India TV News  

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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Update your iPhone! Why Union minister is warning Apple devices are at risk
2 years, 4 months ago

Update your iPhone! Why Union minister is warning Apple devices are at risk

Firstpost  

Several devices including the iPhone6S and later models, Ipads 5th generation and newer, all iPad Pros, the iPad Air 2 and Mac computers running macOS Monterey are vulnerable. Update ur iphones wth 15.6.1 to avoid zero-day exploit vulnerabilitiea ⁦@IndianCERT⁩ ⁦@GoI_MeitY⁩ Apple releases iOS, iPadOS and macOS security fixes for two zero-days under active attack https://t.co/uKQbd0oDG1 — Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 August …

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Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe
2 years, 4 months ago

Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe

Wired  

The text message that dragged Thanasis Koukakis into what’s being called Europe’s Watergate scandal was so innocuous, he can barely remember receiving it. Then, in December, Koukakis read a report about how Facebook parent company Meta had detected commercial spyware being used by customers in 10 different countries, including Greece. On July 26, another person revealed he had also received …

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Greece’s intelligence chief resigns amid spyware scandal
2 years, 4 months ago

Greece’s intelligence chief resigns amid spyware scandal

Associated Press  

ATHENS, Greece — The head of Greece’s intelligence service and the general secretary of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ office have resigned amid a scandal involving the targeting of the head of an opposition party and a journalist with spyware. National Intelligence Service director Panagiotis Kontoleon and Grigoris Dimitriadis, general secretary of the prime minister’s office, submitted their resignations Friday, the …

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Spain sacks spy chief over Pegasus spyware scandal
2 years, 7 months ago

Spain sacks spy chief over Pegasus spyware scandal

Al Jazeera  

The decision comes after Paz Esteban admitted that her agency had legally hacked several Catalan separatists’ phones. Spain’s government has fired the director of its top intelligence agency amid two separate cases of the hacking of politicians’ mobile phones using Pegasus spyware, according to the country’s defence minister. Paz Esteban, the first woman to head Spain’s National Intelligence Centre, will …

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2021 Pegasus attack targeted Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez’s phone
2 years, 7 months ago

2021 Pegasus attack targeted Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez’s phone

The Hindu  

Spanish officials said on Monday that the cellphones of the Prime Minister and the Defence Minister were infected last year with Pegasus spyware that is only available to government agencies in an unauthorised operation. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s mobile phone was breached twice in May 2021, and Defence Minister Margarita Robles’ device was targeted once the following month, Presidency Minister …

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Spain detects Pegasus spyware on PM, defence minister’s phones
2 years, 7 months ago

Spain detects Pegasus spyware on PM, defence minister’s phones

Al Jazeera  

Authorities say the phones of the two top officials were tapped in an ‘illicit and external intervention’ last year. Spanish authorities have said that the mobile phones of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Minister of Defence Margarita Robles were tapped using Pegasus spyware in an “illicit and external” intervention. “There is no evidence that there was other tapping after those …

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Spain's PM, defense minister's phones infected with Pegasus spyware
2 years, 7 months ago

Spain's PM, defense minister's phones infected with Pegasus spyware

India TV News  

Highlights Spanish officials said PM, defense minister's phones were infected last year with Pegasus spyware. Spanish officials said Monday that the cellphones of the prime minister and the defense minister were infected last year with Pegasus spyware that is only available to government agencies in an unauthorized operation. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s mobile phone was breached twice in May 2021, …

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AP Speaker forms House panel to probe TD \'hiring\' Pegasus
2 years, 8 months ago

AP Speaker forms House panel to probe TD \'hiring\' Pegasus

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Formation of a house committee to investigate an allegation that the previous TD government used Pegasus spyware was announced on the last day of the AP assembly’s budget session by Speaker Tammineni Sitaram on Friday. Senior YSR Congress legislator from Tirupati Bhumana Karunakar Reddy will head the panel that will go into allegations of procurement of Pegasus spyware by …

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Pegasus: What you need to know about Israeli spyware
2 years, 10 months ago

Pegasus: What you need to know about Israeli spyware

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli company has been linked to governments exploiting its technology to spy on journalists, activists and politicians. Pegasus, spyware made by the Israeli technology company NSO Group, is making headlines again after it was reported that the Israeli police used it for spying on dozens of its own citizens – including senior government officials and protesters rallying up against …

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Israel PM vows action as police Pegasus spying scandal widens
2 years, 10 months ago

Israel PM vows action as police Pegasus spying scandal widens

Al Jazeera  

Targets include ex-PM Netanyahu’s son, two aides and two former officials suspected of leaking information to media. Israeli police used Pegasus spyware to hack phones of dozens of prominent Israelis – including Netanyahu’s son, activists and senior government officials, the news report said. Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai said “following the recent publications” he had asked Public Security Minister Omer Barlev …

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Israel police used Pegasus spyware on Benjamin Netanyahu's son, aides: Report
2 years, 10 months ago

Israel police used Pegasus spyware on Benjamin Netanyahu's son, aides: Report

India TV News  

Israeli police allegedly used spyware on the phones of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son and members of his inner circle, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday. Calcalist has published a series of recent reports alleging that police used sophisticated spyware to target protesters and other Israeli citizens, prompting condemnation and calls for investigations from across the political spectrum. In recent …

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Will seek clarification from Ashwini Vaishnaw, says Venkaiah Naidu on privilege notice against IT Minister
2 years, 10 months ago

Will seek clarification from Ashwini Vaishnaw, says Venkaiah Naidu on privilege notice against IT Minister

India TV News  

Highlights Congress' KC Venugopal & two more MPs have given notice of privilege against IT Minister Oppn leaders have accused IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw of 'misleading' Parliament on Pegasus issue Oppn is attacking Modi govt over a report that claimed India bought the Israeli spyware in 2017 Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said he is examining the …

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Pegasus spyware No Scope For Separate Discussion Union Minister Pralhad Joshi Parliament Privilege Motion IT Minister
2 years, 10 months ago

Pegasus spyware No Scope For Separate Discussion Union Minister Pralhad Joshi Parliament Privilege Motion IT Minister

ABP News  

New Delhi: In the ongoing row over Pegasus spyware, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Monday said there is no scope for a separate discussion in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament. We have made it clear that the Supreme Court-appointed committee is investigating the matter & that issues related to the Budget should be raised : Parliamentary …

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