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8 Nov 2022

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The European Parliament's PEGA committee is investigating the use of spyware across Europe, revealing widespread misuse against journalists, activists, and politicians, and calling for stricter regulation and institutional reforms to protect democratic values.

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18 Mar 2022

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17 Mar 2022

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8 Nov 2021

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Pegasus became the center of controversy after an international media consortium reported it was used in attempts to hack smartphones belonging to journalists, human rights activists, business executives, and officials in some 50 countries.

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5 Nov 2021

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Washington Post editorial acknowledges importance of US decision to blacklist NSO Group, calls for tackling the rest of the sprawling and shadowy spyware industry that threatens civil society around the globe.

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3 Nov 2021

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The sanction could prevent NSO Group and Candiru from purchasing products and services from U.S. companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Dell.

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3 Nov 2021

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5 Oct 2021

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30 Sep 2021

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CSOs & experts request U.N. Human Rights Council to urgently denounce & mandate independent investigations into situation of human rights violations facilitated by sale, export, transfer, & use of surveillance technology

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24 Sep 2021

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22 Sep 2021

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13 Sep 2021

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10 Sep 2021

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Five organisations call upon the European Commission and EU member states to follow up on their promise of creating a transparent market in cyber-surveillance technologies bound by effective human rights safeguards.

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7 Sep 2021

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Germany's federal criminal police reportedly purchased and used the controversial Israeli surveillance spyware despite lawyers' objections.

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7 Sep 2021

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Usama Khilji, Director of Bolo Bhi, writes that the Pegasus scandal has clearly demonstrated the dangers posed by the unchecked sale of surveillance technology to governments.

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26 Aug 2021

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Civil society groups say the Pegasus revelations should be a wake-up call for the urgent need to protect the right to privacy. The groups say the government should carry out surveillance reform that ensures independent judicial oversight, and provides for judicial remedy, as well as a data protection framework that respects rights.

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24 Aug 2021

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Bahraini human rights activists, including an activist from the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, were hacked with NSO's Pegasus spyware. The zero-click attack defeated new security protections that Apple designed to withstand covert compromises, say researchers at Citizen Lab.

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16 Aug 2021

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The Pegasus scandal shows how spyware can be exploited by authoritarian regimes, and would be disastrous in criminal hands.

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16 Aug 2021

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David Haigh and Tiina Jauhiainen, two associates of the emir of Dubai’s daughter, have joined a group of potential claimants considering legal action in the wake of the Pegasus scandal after their phones were allegedly targeted with NSO spyware.

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9 Aug 2021

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Seventeen journalists from seven countries who were listed as potential or actual victims of Pegasus spyware have filed complaints with prosecutors in Paris

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6 Aug 2021

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WhatsApp offers end-to-end encryption, meaning messages shared via the platform are, under normal circumstances, highly secure—a feature that has made it attractive for journalists, human rights defenders, and other vulnerable users, particularly in repressive environments. In an interview with CPJ Will Cathcart, the chief executive of WhatsApp, says spyware subverting end-to-end encryption is a threat to democracy and expresses concerns about attacks on human rights defenders.

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5 Aug 2021

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A London law firm is considering bringing legal proceedings on behalf of nine British people who were allegedly targeted by the Pegasus mobile phone spyware created by the Israeli company NSO Group.

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5 Aug 2021

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ABC News reports the future ownership of an Israeli spyware company NSO Group is up in the air.

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5 Aug 2021

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Indian Supreme Court hears petitions for probe into alleged surveillance of citizens with NSO spyware.

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3 Aug 2021

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2 Aug 2021

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The Committee to Protect Journalists spoke to David Kaye, former Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion & expression, about the Pegasus Project and why surveillance reform should reach beyond NSO Group and Israel.

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1 Aug 2021

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30 Jul 2021

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Human Rights Watch reports that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware has been used for surveillance of dozens of journalists, human rights activists, and others demonstrate the urgent need for governments to suspend the trade in surveillance technology until rights-protecting regulatory frameworks are in place. Human Rights Watch says governments should immediately cease their own use of surveillance technologies in ways that violate human rights.

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29 Jul 2021

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Amnesty International Australia has written to Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews, reiterating that the surveillance industry must no longer be afforded a laissez-faire approach from governments with a vested interest in using this technology to commit human rights violations.

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27 Jul 2021

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The London-headquartered private equity firm is to be wound up following a months-long dispute between its three principals and controversy over its ownership of the surveillance technology provider NSO Group

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27 Jul 2021

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In this joint open letter, 146 civil society organizations and 28 independent experts worldwide call on states to implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology. The signatories highlight the key human rights implications of the Pegasus project's exposé and issue a series of recommendations to states, as well as to states that export surveillance technology.

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24 Jul 2021

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23 Jul 2021

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This briefing highlights key insights into the human rights risks from digital surveillance technology, such as the improper breadth of targeting under international human rights law; the tool’s clandestine nature; the severe resulting human rights violations; states and companies’ impunity; and states’ failure to protect their residents from illegal hacking and surveillance.

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22 Jul 2021

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22 Jul 2021

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Indian government, which hosts the Tibetan leader, suspected of being NSO client that selected numbers

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21 Jul 2021

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21 Jul 2021

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21 Jul 2021

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French president acts after his phone number, and those of most of his cabinet, appeared in leaked database

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20 Jul 2021

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Concerns that phone-hacking software may have been used to spy on political opponents spark fury

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20 Jul 2021

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20 Jul 2021

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South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa also listed in records; Pegasus traces found on phone of French minister François de Rugy

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19 Jul 2021

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A Moroccan court has sentenced journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi to six years in jail on charges of espionage and rape, offences which he has denied. Days before the trial began in June 2020, an Amnesty International investigation suggested the Moroccan authorities had planted Israel-made Pegasus spyware on Radi's cellphone.

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19 Jul 2021

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19 Jul 2021

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Governments in the EU and elsewhere are pushing for access to people’s messages.

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19 Jul 2021

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19 Jul 2021

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19 Jul 2021

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19 Jul 2021

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The iPhone maker says it is keeping pace with malware, but the Pegasus project paints a worrying picture

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19 Jul 2021

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19 Jul 2021

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Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on the use of spyware to surveil journalists and human rights defenders

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19 Jul 2021

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18 Jul 2021

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A Forbidden Stories investigation finds that at least 180 journalists around the globe have been spied on by the clients of NSO Group through its software Pegasus

Date:

18 Jul 2021

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Governments and NSO Group respond to questions sent by the Pegasus project on the abuse of spyware software to targets activists, journalists and human rights defenders

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18 Jul 2021

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An investigative consortium of 17 organisations alleges widespread abuse of NSO's spyware Pegasus, which governments across the world have been using to hack activists, journalists and politicians

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18 Jul 2021

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Amnesty International’s Security Lab published a forensic methodology report into how they verified the presence of NSO Group's spyware Pegasus on infected mobile phones

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17 Jul 2021

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20 Dec 2020

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20 Dec 2020

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30 Oct 2019

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29 Oct 2019

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