and politicians around the world may have been spied on using mobile phone malware that is intended to be used against criminals and terrorists, according to a massive data leak. reports suggest widespread misuse of spyware sold and developed by an israeli surveillance company. the company in question have strongly denied the allegations against them and say their technology is only sold to the law enforcement and intelligence agencies of vetted governments. we can now speak to bill marczak, who is senior research fellow at citizen lab. bill was the first person to discover an iphone hack used by the israeli cyber warfare company nso group which was used to infect targets with pegasus spyware through links in sms text messages. thank you very much indeed for joining us, bill. can you just explain how readily this can be done, first of all?
authorities say that they have got this under control, that this testing programme is working and that is why they are finding out about these cases, and that is why they are getting people into isolation and that this does not represent a threat to the olympics at this stage. and i think that is a fair comment, but certainly mr bach s statement that there is zero risk i don t think anyone agrees with that. even governor koike, when i asked her that in my interview, she says no one thinks there is zero risk. the olympic games are getting under way on friday, the 23rd ofjuly. in fact, those first events start on wednesday. activists, journalists and politicians around the world may have been spied upon through mobile phone malware that s meant to be used against criminals and terrorists. reports compiled by a group of media organisations suggest widespread misuse of spyware sold and developed by an israeli surveillance company. the company in question have strongly denied the allegati
in bad munstereifel, they re doing their best to clear up. translation: people have | lost their lives, their houses. there are no more roads. but there s huge solidarity. they re going to need it in the weeks to come. we re seeing this kind of destruction all over west germany, and what is particularly hard for people in places like this to bear is that it could be weeks, maybe months, before they get back an electricity connection. in one part of the region, the authorities are saying that gas for heating and hot water won t be back until well into the autumn. germany is mourning its dead. for the survivors, this ordeal is far from over. jenny hill, bbc news, bad munstereifel. activists, journalists and politicians around the world may have been spied on using mobile phone malware that is intended to be used against criminals and terrorists, according
groups of any size can now meet inside and out, guidance to work from home has been scrapped and face coverings are no longer required by law, although they re still recommended in some places. the whole of scotland has now moved to the lowest level of covid restrictions. but some measures such as mandatory face coverings will stay for at least another three weeks. activists, journalists and politicians around the world may have been spied on using mobile phone malware that is intended to be used against criminals and terrorists according to a massive data leak. reports suggest widespread misuse of spyware sold and developed by an israeli surveillance company. the firm in question have strongly denied the allegations against them and say their technology is only sold to the law enforcement and intelligence agencies of vetted governments. bill marczak is a senior research fellow at citizen lab, he was the first person to discover an iphone hack used by the israeli cyber warfare
on using mobile phone malware that is intended to be used against criminals and terrorists, according to a massive data leak. reports suggest widespread misuse of spyware sold and developed by an israeli surveillance company. the company in question have strongly denied the allegations against them and say their technology is only sold to the law enforcement and intelligence agencies of vetted governments. the software is known as pegasus. so how does it work? one click on a malicious weblink can install the software without the owner having any idea. that is not the only means of attack. a simple missed whatsapp call can install it. researchers even found that patches in iphone security meant it had been installed, again without the user s knowledge, simply when the phone s owner received an imessage. and its capabilities are vast.