* Software, called Pegasus, was developed by Israel's NSO group, a private firm
* List of more than 50,000 phone numbers included journalists and politicians
* Women on list close to murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cellphone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, it emerged Sunday, igniting fears of widespread privacy and rights abuses.
The use of the software, called Pegasus and developed by Israel's NSO group, was reported on by the Washington Post, the Guardian, Le Monde and other news outlets who collaborated on an investigation into a data leak.
The leak was of a list of up to 50,000 phone numbers believed to have been identified as people of interest by clients of NSO since 2016.
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More News On Israeli Spyware Being Used To Target Journalists, Activists, And Politicians Worldwide
Israeli Spyware Maker Is in Spotlight Amid Reports of Wide Abuses -- New York times
Spyware used to target journalists and activists around the world, reports indicate -- Politico
Israeli firm's spyware used to target journalists' cell phones - reports -- Reuters
Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon -- The Guardian
Massive data leak uncovers human rights abuses using Israeli tech - report -- Jerusalem Post
Military-grade spyware found on journalists' and activists' phones: report -- The Hill
Pegasus spyware used to target phones of journalists and activists, investigation finds -- Verge
Israeli spyware used to target journalists, activists: Report -- Al Jazeera
What is Pegasus spyware and how does it hack phones? -- The Guardian
7 comments:
This software is sold for who want to use it but is not responsible for the use. That's exactly if we condemn Ford or GM for the accident of the use of their vehicle.
* Women on list close to murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi
That read like those women were GFs or groupies.
Maybe journalists should get real. They want to be players and they are players. Players got played. They continually try to be kingmakers. Maybe they would be better off acting like honest intel people and honest statesmen.
But if they are going to be sloppy and arrogant, stuff is going to happen.
PS: It cannot happen to nicer people. These guys keep information from the public and then come out with a tell all book after the election.
Change a-comming
@12:08
That's a valid comparison if the model T was being used to help dictators imprison journalists. Commenters here will stretch their backbones like taffy to justify anything that the victim state does though.
if 9:35's (she/her/ hers) ZEB2 wasn't defective, she might realize that maybe this like the NSA spying on world leaders story. Remember how outraged Frau Merkel (he/him/his) was? Four to six months later we learned that Germany was doing the same thing.
One of the question is how many other software programs like it are out there. Jac also had a very good point. Maybe ZSO group was the first and may be they were second or later.
But hey if you need your outage fix before you pour your Special K, go for it gal.
How the US's CIA and Germany's BND spied on world leaders
France and Germany 'seeking full clarity' from US and Denmark on spying report
Herr Merkel und Frau Macron are acting all outraged again.
It is more of question of who isn't spying. Think Kiribati or Lesotho or ...
Be ash tttch
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