A Spanish judge investigating the alleged hacking of ministers’ phones with Pegasus spyware has shelved his investigation over a “complete” lack of cooperation from Israel, a court statement said on Monday. In June 2022, José Luis Calama said he had sent a formal request for international judicial assistance, known as […]
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The Israelis had come to Mexico to clinch a major sale: The Mexican military was about to become the first client ever to buy their product, the world’s most advanced spyware. But before they could close the deal, an argument erupted over price and how quickly the spy tool could […]
The US supreme court has let Meta Platforms Inc’s WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents. The justices turned away NSO’s appeal over […]
The American defense contractor L3 Harris attempts to buy the Pegasus spying and hacking technology from a banned Israeli company was backed by US government officials. That’s according to a new bombshell report from the New York Times. L3 Harris abandoned negotiations with NSO Group after their talks were widely […]
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. informed the Israeli government in a 2018 letter that it had purchased Pegasus, the notorious hacking tool, to collect data from mobile phones to aid ongoing investigations, the clearest documentary evidence to date that the bureau weighed using the spyware as a tool of law enforcement. […]
Researchers claim to have uncovered cyberattacks using Pegasus software against 10 Downing Street and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Technology 19 April 2022 By Matthew Sparkes The prime minister’s residence and office at 10 Downing Street, London Rob Pinney/Getty Images The UK prime minister’s office was targeted multiple times by […]
Downing Street computer systems are suspected to have been infected by powerful hacking spyware linked to spies in the United Arab Emirates. It led to Boris Johnson’s mobile phone being analysed by cybercrime investigators and, although the sweep of devices failed to identify the source, has thrust the software used […]
Israel’s government has long seen Pegasus as a critical tool for its foreign policy. A New York Times Magazine article this year revealed how, for more than a decade, Israel has made strategic decisions about which countries it allows to obtain licenses for Pegasus, and which countries to withhold them […]