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Israeli spyware used to hack phones of dozens of Al Jazeera journalists
IANSDec 21, 2020, 10:13 IST
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New Delhi, In a damning report, researchers from Canada-based Citizen Lab have revealed that the Pegasus spyware, developed by Israel-based NSO Group, compromised the
iPhones of dozens of journalists.
In July and August this year,
government operatives used NSO Group s Pegasus spyware to hack 36
personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. The personal phone of a journalist at London-based Al Araby TV was also hacked, said researchers in a report that came out on Sunday.
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New Delhi - In a damning report, researchers from Canada-based Citizen Lab have revealed that the Pegasus spyware, developed by Israel-based NSO Group, compromised iPhones of dozens of journalists.
In July and August this year, government operatives used NSO Group s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera.
The personal phone of a journalist at London-based Al Araby TV was also hacked, said researchers in a report that came out on Sunday. The phones were compromised using an exploit chain that we call KISMET, which appears to involve an invisible zero-click exploit in iMessage in iPhones.
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Published: December 21, 2020 5:47 PM IST
In July and August this year, government operatives made the use of the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to hack into the iPhones of 36 journalists, producers, TV anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. Also Read - Some Apple iPhone users have complained about losing colour on aluminium body: Report
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“The phones were compromised using an exploit chain that we call KISMET, which appears to involve an invisible zero-click exploit in iMessage” in iPhones.