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WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It Liable for Pegasus Spyware Hack
WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals’ devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform’s servers.
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Israel's NSO Group Found Liable For Pegasus Hacking Of WhatsApp Users
A US judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance.
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Mahua Moitra Writes To Lok Sabha Speaker Over Apple Security Alerts Received By Opposition MPs, Seeks Protection
This "illegal surveillance by the government" is the worst attack on fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution, the Krishnanagar MP said.
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Israel Taps Blacklisted Pegasus Maker To Track Hostages in Gaza
Israel's security services are pulling in spyware companies, including the maker of the controversial Pegasus software, to help track hostages in the Gaza Strip, people familiar with the matter said.
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Centre Using New Software To Spy On People, Alleges Congress
The Congress on Monday accused the government of using a new software to spy over people opposed to it and damage India's political and democratic system.
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WhatsApp Parent Meta Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Installing Pegasus Malware
The US Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
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Pegasus Maker NSO Group CEO Resigns Ahead of Reorganisation
Pegasus spyware creator NSO Group on Sunday announced that its CEO Shalev Hulio had resigned, while the company would cut 100 jobs ahead of a restructuring effort. Chief Operating Officer Yaron Shohat has been appointed to oversee the reorganisation, which comes as the company is facing legal action over accusations that its software has been used ...
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Thai Minister Backtracks on Spyware Admission as Government Denies Pegasus Use
Thai minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn on Friday sought to walk back remarks before parliament that authorities had used Pegasus spyware to monitor individuals, taking a U-turn on his admission just days earlier that surveillance software was actively being used.
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Thailand Admits to Using Phone Spyware Citing National Security, Amid Allegations of Pegasus Usage
Thailand on Tuesday admitted to the use of surveillance software to monitor individuals, in cases involving national security or drugs. Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn confirmed the use of spyware, but did not specify what programme was used, which government agency had access to the software, or which individuals w...
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EU to Probe 'Political' Use of Pegasus Spyware in Member Countries
European Union lawmakers have voted in an overwhelming majority in favour of probing the use of Pegasus surveillance software by member countries, especially Hungry and Poland.
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Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Sues Calcalist Newspaper for Defamation Over Police Snooping Report
Israeli spytech firm NSO Group filed a defamation lawsuit against a newspaper that reported its Pegasus software had been used by police against dozens of prominent Israelis.
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How a Software Glitch in an Activist’s iPhone Exposed NSO Group and Hacking Around the World
A software glitch in a Saudi women’s rights activist’s iPhone turned the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies, which is now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over allegations that its software was used to hack government officials and dissidents around the world.
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iPhone Flaw Exploited by Pegasus Spyware Said to Be Simultaneously Abused by Second Israeli Spy Firm
A flaw in Apple's software exploited by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to break into iPhone handsets in 2021 was simultaneously abused by a competing company, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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No Information Available With Us, Says External Affairs Ministry On Pegasus Row
An international investigative consortium had claimed last year that many Indian ministers, politicians, activists, businessmen and journalists were potentially targeted by Pegasus, the phone-hacking software of Israeli firm NSO Group Technologies.
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Pegasus Spyware Used to Target Finnish Diplomats, Ministry Says
Mobile phones belonging to Finnish diplomats were spied on using the cyber espionage software Pegasus, the country's foreign ministry said.
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WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It Liable for Pegasus Spyware Hack
WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals’ devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform’s servers.
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Israel's NSO Group Found Liable For Pegasus Hacking Of WhatsApp Users
A US judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance.
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Mahua Moitra Writes To Lok Sabha Speaker Over Apple Security Alerts Received By Opposition MPs, Seeks Protection
This "illegal surveillance by the government" is the worst attack on fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution, the Krishnanagar MP said.
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Israel Taps Blacklisted Pegasus Maker To Track Hostages in Gaza
Israel's security services are pulling in spyware companies, including the maker of the controversial Pegasus software, to help track hostages in the Gaza Strip, people familiar with the matter said.
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Centre Using New Software To Spy On People, Alleges Congress
The Congress on Monday accused the government of using a new software to spy over people opposed to it and damage India's political and democratic system.
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WhatsApp Parent Meta Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Installing Pegasus Malware
The US Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
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Pegasus Maker NSO Group CEO Resigns Ahead of Reorganisation
Pegasus spyware creator NSO Group on Sunday announced that its CEO Shalev Hulio had resigned, while the company would cut 100 jobs ahead of a restructuring effort. Chief Operating Officer Yaron Shohat has been appointed to oversee the reorganisation, which comes as the company is facing legal action over accusations that its software has been used ...
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Thai Minister Backtracks on Spyware Admission as Government Denies Pegasus Use
Thai minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn on Friday sought to walk back remarks before parliament that authorities had used Pegasus spyware to monitor individuals, taking a U-turn on his admission just days earlier that surveillance software was actively being used.
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Thailand Admits to Using Phone Spyware Citing National Security, Amid Allegations of Pegasus Usage
Thailand on Tuesday admitted to the use of surveillance software to monitor individuals, in cases involving national security or drugs. Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn confirmed the use of spyware, but did not specify what programme was used, which government agency had access to the software, or which individuals w...
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EU to Probe 'Political' Use of Pegasus Spyware in Member Countries
European Union lawmakers have voted in an overwhelming majority in favour of probing the use of Pegasus surveillance software by member countries, especially Hungry and Poland.
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Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Sues Calcalist Newspaper for Defamation Over Police Snooping Report
Israeli spytech firm NSO Group filed a defamation lawsuit against a newspaper that reported its Pegasus software had been used by police against dozens of prominent Israelis.
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How a Software Glitch in an Activist’s iPhone Exposed NSO Group and Hacking Around the World
A software glitch in a Saudi women’s rights activist’s iPhone turned the tide against NSO Group, one of the world’s most sophisticated spyware companies, which is now facing a cascade of legal action and scrutiny in Washington over allegations that its software was used to hack government officials and dissidents around the world.
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iPhone Flaw Exploited by Pegasus Spyware Said to Be Simultaneously Abused by Second Israeli Spy Firm
A flaw in Apple's software exploited by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to break into iPhone handsets in 2021 was simultaneously abused by a competing company, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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No Information Available With Us, Says External Affairs Ministry On Pegasus Row
An international investigative consortium had claimed last year that many Indian ministers, politicians, activists, businessmen and journalists were potentially targeted by Pegasus, the phone-hacking software of Israeli firm NSO Group Technologies.
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Pegasus Spyware Used to Target Finnish Diplomats, Ministry Says
Mobile phones belonging to Finnish diplomats were spied on using the cyber espionage software Pegasus, the country's foreign ministry said.
