NSO Group faces court action after Pegasus spyware used against targets in UK
Three human rights activists whose phones were targeted by spyware traced to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have begun legal action.
Three human rights activists whose phones were targeted by spyware traced to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have begun legal action.
On Tuesday, Parliament’s new inquiry committee investigating the use of Pegasus and other spyware had its first meeting, electing a Chair and three Vice-Chairs.
Senior officials at the European Commission were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm.
The renewed calls for action on Pegasus surveillance in Poland and Hungary came after Hungary’s data protection authority, headed by an appointee of prime minister, said victims were legitimate targets.
The leader of Poland’s ruling conservative party has acknowledged that the country bought advanced spyware from the Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group.
UN human rights experts called on all States to impose a global moratorium on the sale and transfer of surveillance technology.
Officials from multiple Israeli government agencies have raided today the offices of surveillance software vendor NSO Group.
The toolkit scans iPhone and Android backup files for evidence of a compromise.
The deployment of the tool, confirmed with forensics, shows a willingness to use tactics previously deemed out-of-bounds.
Leaked records show dissidents and those who help them prominent among those under threat from NSO spyware.
Android and iPhone spyware sold by NSO Group enables state terror attacks in multiple countries.
The managers are accused of selling tech to Libya and Egypt that was used to identify activists, read private messages, and kidnap, torture, or kill them.