Dozens of activists who demand democratic reforms in Thailand, including that of the monarchy, were spied on between 2020 and 2021 with Israeli spyware program Pegasus, according to a Monday report.. Thai pro-democracy activists were spied on with Pegasus: report | Main | English edition | Agencia EFE
Two cybersecurity research labs have reported cases of Thai activists being hacked with government backed spyware, called Pegasus, which can access a target’s phone without physically having the phone, or having the target click anything. CitizenLab says situations like these threaten “civil society,” and Amnesty International is calling for a crackdown on the spyware industry.
Thailand must thoroughly investigate the use of the invasive Pegasus spyware found on the phones of dozens of activists, Amnesty International (AI) said in a statement yesterday.