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Israeli spyware firm NSO Group was blacklisted by Biden administration because foreign governments were using its products to surveil human rights activists. An Israeli official has said Israel encouraged the exports because they served the national interest. –From the media watch by JVP’s Health Advisory Council.

In mid-January, The Citizen Lab released a report saying that the cell phones of nearly three dozen journalists and activists have been hacked since mid-2020 with Pegasus.

International human rights groups called on Monday for authorities in El Salvador to open an investigation into allegations that journalists and activists had their phones hacked and implanted with the sophisticated spyware Pegasus.

Finlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs says devices of Finnish diplomats have been hacked and infected with NSO Groups Pegasus spyware in a cyber-espionage campaign.

India’s parliament opens amid furor over Pegasus 'lies'

Fresh allegations have emerged that India bought spyware from Israel as part of a defence deal.

Fresh allegations have emerged that India bought spyware from Israel as part of a defence deal.

The espionage effort targeted Finnish diplomats posted overseas, and is “no longer active,” says Finland's Foreign Ministry.

Pegasus and a missile system were the ‘centerpieces’ of a $2bn deal from 2017, the newspaper says.

The Indian government, led by Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, acquired Israeli spies in a 2017 arms deal, according to the New York Ti