Context:
U.S. District Court for Northern District of California ruled NSO Group Technologies liable for installing Pegasus, a spyware suite, on targeted individuals’ phones via WhatsApp.
Pegasus: An Israeli Spyware for Cyber-Arms
- Pegasus is spyware produced by the NSO Group for covert and remote implantation into cellphone devices.
- It is marketed, in particular, against crime and terrorism, but states also spy on journalists, lawyers, political dissidents, and human rights activists.
- Licenses
- Are issued by the Ministry of Defense of Israel.
- Activities
- Reading text messages and snooping calls, gathering passwords, tracking location, accessing microphones and cameras, app harvesting.
