Pegasus Spyware: Israeli Task Force will Oversee Response to NSO Group Findings
Israel’s government is setting up a task force to decide whether the country’s policy on cyber exports is in need of an...
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The Pegasus Project
Grieving Parents of Murdered Mexican Students on List of Suspected Targets of Military-Grade Israeli Spyware
When their children were killed or abducted, the parents of Ayotzinapa relentlessly petitioned their government for truth...
The Pegasus Project
Politically Active Mexican Teachers May Have Been Targeted for Digital Surveillance
The administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto publicly clashed with Mexico’s 1.4 million teachers in 2013 over his...
The Pegasus Project
Where NSO Group Came From — And Why It’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg
NSO Group’s Pegasus software is infamous for the long list of targets — but it’s just one actor in a secretive ecosystem of...
‘No Shame’: Targets, Gov’ts React to Pegasus Spyware Project
The fallout from an international investigation that exposed how authoritarian governments are using Israeli-made spyware to...
UAE Royal Reselling Russia’s Vaccine for More Than Double the Price
At the time the United States and European countries had banned or limited export of vaccines against the coronavirus to...
The Pegasus Project
Israeli Spy Tech Used Against Daughter of Man Who Inspired “Hotel Rwanda”
Pegasus software made by Israeli firm NSO Group was used to spy on the daughter of imprisoned dissident Paul Rusesabagina,...
Israeli Court Hands Down Historically Heavy Sentence to Corrupt Official
An Israeli court sentenced on Wednesday the country’s former deputy minister and senior member of a major right-wing party...
Dutch Investigative Journalist Dies Nine Days After he was Shot
Peter R. de Vries, a Dutch journalist famous for his independent crime investigations, died in a hospital on Thursday, just...
Four Iranians Charged for Plot to Kidnap U.S.-based Journalist
U.S. federal prosecutors charged an Iranian intelligence official and three members of his network for a plot to kidnap a...
Amnesty Calls on Lebanon to Lift Immunity On Officials in Beirut Blast Probe
Lebanese police used on Wednesday tear gas and batons against protesters, mainly relatives of the victims of last year’s...