In 2021, the Supreme Court had formed a committee of technical experts to look into allegations of unauthorised surveillance using the Pegasus software developed by Israeli firm NSO Group.
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The panel, headed by retired Supreme Court judge R.V. Raveendran, submitted its report to the apex court last month. The panel said the government did not fully cooperate while examining the phone for the malware.
The University of Toronto along with Citizen lab had earlier published a report saying Egyptian exiled politician Ayman Nours phone was infected with both Cytrox’s Predator and NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware