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The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) purchased Israeli-made Pegasus spyware in 2019, German newspaper Die Zeit confirmed on Tuesday.
Pegasus spyware is produced by the Israeli NSO Group cyber company and recently came under heavy criticism when a report back in July suggested that the software had been used by authoritarian governments worldwide.
The report claimed that it had been used to hack 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials, and human rights activists around the world.
Also detailed in the report was the information that over 50,000 phone numbers had been acquired by clients of the spyware company.
A list of potential targets as set by NSO customers was then released by multiple sources shortly after, including by Die Zeit and Haaretz, which included French President Emmanual Macron. The NSO has denied any connection to the list, Haaretz reported, but Pegasus software has been found on several of the potential targets' phones.
https://www.jpost.com/international/german-federal-police-acquired-pegasus-spyware-in-secret-678921
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)
maximus otter
Pegasus spyware is produced by the Israeli NSO Group cyber company and recently came under heavy criticism when a report back in July suggested that the software had been used by authoritarian governments worldwide.
The report claimed that it had been used to hack 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, government officials, and human rights activists around the world.
Also detailed in the report was the information that over 50,000 phone numbers had been acquired by clients of the spyware company.
A list of potential targets as set by NSO customers was then released by multiple sources shortly after, including by Die Zeit and Haaretz, which included French President Emmanual Macron. The NSO has denied any connection to the list, Haaretz reported, but Pegasus software has been found on several of the potential targets' phones.
https://www.jpost.com/international/german-federal-police-acquired-pegasus-spyware-in-secret-678921
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)
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