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Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists iPhones were hacked using spyware from Israeli security company NSO Group, report claims
Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists iPhones were hacked using spyware from Israeli security company NSO Group, report claims
Isobel Asher HamiltonDec 21, 2020, 17:51 IST
Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Sophisticated spyware was used to
hack the phones of 36
Al Jazeera journalists, Citizen Lab said in a new report.
Citizen Lab said the hack, which it dubbed Kismet, could be traced back to software made by Israeli security company
NSO Group.
Citizen Lab said it believed the hack was ineffective against
iPhones with the iOS 14 update, but that the scale of the hack prior to that update could be worryingly large.
Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Sophisticated spyware was used to hack the phones of 36 Al Jazeera journalists, Citizen Lab said in a new report.
Citizen Lab said the hack, which it dubbed Kismet, could be traced back to software made by Israeli security company NSO Group.
NSO Group denied any involvement.
Citizen Lab said it believed the hack was ineffective against iPhones with the iOS 14 update, but that the scale of the hack prior to that update could be worryingly large.
Journalists at news organization Al Jazeera were targeted by an iPhone hack that sent iMessages loaded with malware