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BOSTON An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence that military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire outfit, is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents.
From a list of more than 50,000 cellphone numbers obtained by the Paris-based journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories and the human rights group Amnesty International and shared with 16 news organizations, journalists were able to identify more than 1,000 individuals in 50 countries who were allegedly selected by NSO clients for potential surveillance.
Medios: Espían con Pegasus a periodistas y activistas
Por FRANK BAJAK, Associated Press
July 18, 2021
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ARCHIVO - En esta fotografía de archivo del 3 de julio de 2020, Hatice Cengiz, la prometida del asesinado periodista saudí Jamal Khashoggi, conversa con la prensa en Estambul. Su teléfono fue infiltrado con el programa Pegasus de creación israelí días después del asesinato de Khashoggi, según un consorcio de medios. (AP Foto/Emrah Gurel, archivo)Emrah Gurel/AP
BOSTON (AP) Una investigación que realizó un consorcio global de medios basada en datos filtrados sobre personas afectadas ha proporcionado más evidencia de que un malware de grado militar del NSO Group, la organización de hackers a sueldo en Israel de más triste fama en el mundo, está siendo utilizado para espiar a periodistas, activistas de derechos humanos y disidentes políticos.
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Probe: Journalists, activists among firm s spyware targets
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. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)
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Probe: Journalists, activists among spyware targets
An investigation by a global media consortium based on leaked targeting data provides further evidence military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group, the world s most infamous hacker-for-hire outfit, is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents.
by Associated Press
Jul. 18 2021 @ 11:05pm
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. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)