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ISLAMABAD: A global investigation into the leaked data of phone records has revealed that more than 50,000 numbers were targeted through Israel-made surveillance software by its client governments in different countries which are hostile towards journalists, activists and political opponents. At least, 180 journalists were surveilled through the Pegasus software the Israeli firm, NSO Group, sold to different governments.
More than 2000 Pakistanis and Indians were also targets of surveillance done through Pegasus between 2017 and 2019, the identities of Pakistanis are not known. An earlier report indicated that around a couple of defense and intelligence officials from Pakistan were also spied through this software.
180 journalists surveilled
July 20, 2021
ISLAMABAD: A global investigation into the leaked data of phone records has revealed that more than 50,000 numbers were targeted through Israel-made surveillance software by its client governments in different countries which are hostile towards journalists, activists and political opponents. At least, 180 journalists were surveilled through the Pegasus software the Israeli firm, NSO Group, sold to different governments.
More than 2000 Pakistanis and Indians were also targets of surveillance done through Pegasus between 2017 and 2019, the identities of Pakistanis are not known. An earlier report indicated that around a couple of defense and intelligence officials from Pakistan were also spied through this software.
First published on Mon 19 Jul 2021 01.00 EDT
A leak of phone data suggests human rights lawyers, activists and dissidents across the globe were selected as possible candidates for invasive surveillance through their phones.
Their mobile phone numbers appeared in leaked records, indicating they were selected prior to possible surveillance targeting by governmental clients of the Israeli company NSO Group, which developed the Pegasus spyware.
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What is in the data leak?
The data leak is a list of more than 50,000 phone numbers that, since 2016, are believed to have been selected as those of people of interest by government clients of NSO Group, which sells surveillance software. The data also contains the time and date that numbers were selected, or entered on to a system. Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based nonprofit journalism organisation, and Amnesty International initially had access to the list and shared access with 16 media organisations including the Guardian
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