Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists worldwide
Dana Priest, Craig Timberg and Souad Mekhennet, The Washington Post
July 18, 2021
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FILE - In this July 3, 2020, file photo, Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, talks to members of the media in Istanbul. Amnesty International reported that its forensic researchers had determined that NSO Group s flagship Pegasus spyware was successfully installed on the phone of Cengiz, just four days after Khashoggi was killed.Emrah Gurel/AP
Military-grade spyware licensed by an Israeli firm to governments for tracking terrorists and criminals was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, human rights activists, business executives and two women close to murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to an investigation by The Washington Post and 16 media partners.
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