How NSO's Pegasus Is Used to Spy on Journalists
Israeli firm NSO's Pegasus software is used to infect journalists phones in what is called 'zero clicks'. Here's how they did it and what we found out
Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based journalism nonprofit, and Amnesty International had access to NSO records of phone numbers, which they have shared with Haaretz and 16 other news organizations worldwide that have worked collaboratively to conduct further analysis and reporting over several months. Forbidden Stories oversaw the investigation, called The Pegasus Project, and Amnesty International provided forensic analyses and technical support.
Amnesty International Security Lab’s forensics analyses of cell phones targeted with Pegasus as part of the Pegasus Project are consistent with past analyses of journalists targeted through NSO’s spyware, including the dozens of journalists allegedly hacked in the UAE and Saudi Arabia and identified by Citizen Lab in December of last year.
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