Spain detects Pegasus spyware on PM, defence minister’s phones
Monday’s announcement followed intense pressure on the government to explain itself after digital rights group Citizen Lab said more than 60 people linked to the Catalan separatist movement had been targets of Pegasus.
The Israel-based NSO Group, which owns Pegasus, claims the software is only sold to governments to target criminals and terrorists, with the green light of Israeli authorities.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/2/spain-detects-pegasus-spyware-on-pm-defence-ministers-phones
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Monday’s announcement followed intense pressure on the government to explain itself after digital rights group Citizen Lab said more than 60 people linked to the Catalan separatist movement had been targets of Pegasus.
The Israel-based NSO Group, which owns Pegasus, claims the software is only sold to governments to target criminals and terrorists, with the green light of Israeli authorities.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/2/spain-detects-pegasus-spyware-on-pm-defence-ministers-phones
#Pegasus
Spain detects Pegasus spyware on PM, defence minister’s phones
Authorities say the phones of the two top officials were tapped in an ‘illicit and external intervention’ last year.Al Jazeera