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United Nations Alarmed By Use Of Flagship Pegasus Malware To Spy On Journalists, Activists
“Revelations regarding use of the Pegasus software to spy on journalists and human rights defenders is alarming, sais United Nations Bachelet said.
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The United Nations on Sunday issued an official response to the global media consortium’s report on the Israeli-based hacker-for-hire outfit NSO Group’s military-grade hacking malware, Pegasus, that it alleged was being used to spy on the journalists, human rights activists, and political dissidents in some countries. The Paris-based journalism nonprofit Forbidden Stories and the human rights group Amnesty International obtained more than 50,000 cellphone numbers that they shared with 16 news organizations, of which they identified 1,000 individuals in 50 countries whom they alleged were under potential surveillance by NSO clients.
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