Dozens of women across India, the Middle East and North Africa who were likely targeted for surveillance by governments using Pegasus spyware are now at a heightened risk of being blackmailed or harassed, tech experts and victims said.
Developed by Israeli tech firm NSO, Pegasus turns a mobile phone into a surveillance device using its microphone and cameras and accessing and exporting messages, photos and e-mails without the user’s knowledge.
Deploying the software in countries with few privacy protections, restricted freedom of expression and broadly conservative societies can pose a particular risk to women, rights activists warned.
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