Israeli spyware used to target journalists, activists: Report
2021-07-19 09:07:17 source：The Aljazeera
July 18, 2021
Activists, politicians and journalists – including from Al Jazeera – across the world were targeted in a surveillance operation using software sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, according to an investigation into a massive data leak by The Guardian, the Washington Post and 15 other media outlets.
The reports released on Sunday said “authoritarian governments” abused the Pegasus software, “hacking 37 smartphones,” according to a report by the Washington Post.
According to the Guardian, the leak contains a list of more than 50,000 numbers that are believed to be of interest to clients of NSO since 2016.
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