Israeli firm s spyware used to target journalists cellphones
The Washington Post said the Pegasus spyware licensed by Israel-based NSO Group also was used to target phones belonging to two women close to Jamal Khashoggi, a Post columnist murdered at a Saudi consulate in Turkey in 2018, before and after his death.
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters | 9:10 pm, Jul. 18, 2021
WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - An Israeli company s spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rights activists around the world, according to an investigation by 17 media organizations published on Sunday.
One of the organizations, The Washington Post said the Pegasus spyware licensed by Israel-based NSO Group also was used to target phones belonging to two women close to Jamal Khashoggi, a Post columnist murdered at a Saudi consulate in Turkey in 2018, before and after his death.
Probe finds journalists, activists among NSO Group s spyware targets
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Israeli firm’s spyware used to target journalists’ cell phones – reports
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Israeli company’s spyware was used in attempted and successful hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials and human rights activists around the world, according to an investigation by 17 media organizations published on Sunday.
One of the organizations, The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/nso-spyware-pegasus-cellphones/?itid=lk inline manual 14, said the Pegasus spyware licensed by Israel-based NSO Group also was used to target phones belonging to two women close to Jamal Khashoggi, a Post columnist murdered at a Saudi consulate in Turkey in 2018, before and after his death.
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Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, talks to members of the media in Istanbul.
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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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