Pegasus Snooping Attempt to 'Crush' Indian Democracy, Says Rahul Gandhi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday termed as a “big step" the Supreme Court appointing a three-member panel of cyber experts to probe the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for surveillance of certain people, and expressed confidence that truth would come out. At a
India is shopping for a new spyware technology after it was revealed that government agencies misused Pegasus. Only if the people take to the streets can there be oversight of these agencies.
The Pegasus Project, a consortium of media organisations that included The Wire, revealed in July 2021 that the intrusive spyware was used by governments around the world to target journalists, politicians and civil society members.
The letter, signed by 20 MPs, expresses "deep concern at the media and cyber-forensic expert reports indicating that Indian citizens have been attacked with illegal cyber weapons".