Monday, February 7, 2022

Israeli Police Used Pegasus Spyware To Target Politicians, Businessmen, And Journalists

 

Jerusalem Post: Police use Israel's NSO to target politicians, businessmen, journalists - report 

A new report added a slew of businessmen, protest leaders and politicians to the list of alleged police wiretapping targets. 

The list of people police allegedly targeted with the Israeli NSO Group's Pegasus spyware grew on Monday, with a Calcalist report claiming that a slew of politicians, government ministry director generals, businessmen, protest leaders, mayors and journalists had the technology secretly installed on their phones. 

The Pegasus spyware is capable of remotely extracting information from targets' cell phones covertly, including texts, browser history, call history and screenshots, among other information.  

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WNU Editor: Even former Israeli President Netanyahu's son was targeted. Talk about a police force going rogue. I am willing to bet that there are a lot of powerful people in Israel beyond upset right now. 

Israeli Police Used Pegasus Spyware To Target Politicians, Businessmen, And Journalists  

NSO Group: Israel launches inquiry into police hacking claims -- BBC 

Report: Israel police used spyware on Netanyahu’s son, aides -- AP  

New report alleges widespread Pegasus spying by Israel police -- AFP  

Israel's police under fire amid further allegations of 'Pegasus' cybersurveillance use against public figures -- CNN 

Israel PM vows action as police Pegasus spying scandal widens -- AFP

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Who is watching the watchers?" - Enemy of the State

RussInSoCal said...

/ Gee. Where have we seen this before?