The first Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism has been awarded to the consortium of reporters behind the Pegasus Project investigation. The report into the Israeli-based NSO Group provided further evidence that its malware was used to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents. The Pegasus Project research was coordinated by the Paris-based journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories, and the human rights group Amnesty International, and was shared with 16 news organ

Open this photo in gallery Congress party workers shout slogans during a protest accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of using military-grade spyware to monitor political opponents, journalists and activists in New Delhi on July 20. Manish Swarup/ The Associated PressThe consortium of journalists behind the Pegasus Project investigation into malware from Israel-based NSO Group that provided further evidence that it was used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and politica

BANGKOK/ BEIRUT: Dozens of women across India, the Middle East and North Africa who were likely targeted for surveillance by governments using Pegasus spyware are now at a heightened risk of being blackmailed or harassed, tech experts and victims said. Developed by Israeli tech firm NSO, Pegasus turns a mobile phone into a surveillance device – using its microphone and cameras and accessing and exporting messages, photos and emails without the user’s knowledge. Deploying the software in countrie

French president Emmanuel Macron and Moroccan King Mohamed VI are among world leaders whose phones may have been selected as potential targets for Israeli-made spyware, a new investigation has revealed. One thousand high-profile individuals may have been targeted with the military-grade software on behalf of other countries, according to ‘Pegasus Project’, an investigation led by Amnesty International, Paris-based nonprofit Forbidden Stories and a dozen media organisations. The phone numbers of

Open this photo in gallery French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris, July 19, 2021.... In response, Amazon said it shut down NSO accounts that were “ confirmed to be supporting the reported hacking activity.” Amazon said they had violated its terms of use. Another U.S. company identified by Amnesty as hosting NSO servers was DigitalOcean.... In this case, the client was an unidentified Moroccan security service, according to Le Monde. Consortium members

But it’s not the first time the Israeli company has been in in the news.So, who are they?... This is vehemently denied by the company. The company now employs some 750 people worldwide.... They say their research has uncovered widespread, persistent, and ongoing unlawful surveillance and human rights abuses perpetrated using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. What does NSO say?...

Amnesty’s new finding raises further questions about the Indian government’s case against Wilson, a Delhi-based activist who campaigned for the rights of those incarcerated for their political ideology.... Geelani, who died in 2019, was not a defendant in the Bhima Koregaon case. Advertisement Amnesty’s analysis of two electronic copies of Wilson’s phone backups revealed that his phone was first compromised using Pegasus spyware in July 2017.... The traces of infection appear again in early 20

Also targeted were human rights activists and reporters for other news organizations. Some devices were penetrated a dozen or more times, the investigators said.... The government did not respond to an emailed request seeking comment.... He has grown steadily more authoritarian in office, dismissing Supreme Court rulings and attacking journalists....

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arrow-right" Israel is investigating the matter with the utmost seriousness," Gantz said in the meeting, according to a statement released Wednesday by Israel's Defense Ministry.... Mediapart has complained to the Paris prosecutor’s office, accusing Morocco of being behind the surveillance. Advertisement Moroccan officials have denied the accusations.... In a statement, the Moroccan government also expressed “ great astonishment ” at the publication of “ erroneous allegations.？...