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The Indian government used it to spy on opposition politicians https://theprint.in/opinion/only-15-indians-know-about-pegasus-but-once-aware-their-distrust-of-

• Karupan 5y ago
  I remember reading this. Are you aware of a detailed account? Regardless of Indian politics, has it actually been proven/researched?
  • rootkea 5y ago
    > has it actually been proven/researched? Yes. "The Wire has confirmed the numbers of at least 40 journalists who were either targets or potential targets for surveillance. Forensic analysis was conducted on the phones of seven journalists, of which five showed traces of a successful infection by Pegasus." https://thewire.in/rights/project-pegasus-list-of-names-uncovered-spyware-surveillance https://thewire.in/rights/project-pegasus-list-of-names-unco... The forensic analysis was conducted by Amnesty International's Security Lab and was peer-reviewed by Citizen Lab 1. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-methodology-report-how-to-catch-nso-groups-pegasus/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-... 2. https://citizenlab.ca/2021/07/amnesty-peer-review/ https://citizenlab.ca/2021/07/amnesty-peer-review/ Also, "In the midst of the heated West Bengal assembly election, the phone of poll strategist Prashant Kishor was broken into using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to digital forensics conducted by Amnesty International’s Security Lab and shared with The Wire." https://thewire.in/government/prashant-kishor-mamata-banerjee-nephew-pegasus-spyware https://thewire.in/government/prashant-kishor-mamata-banerje... Govt of India in parliament on NSO group (Dec 3, 2012): "There is no proposal for banning any group named NSO group" https://twitter.com/A2D2_/status/1466700684573642752 https://twitter.com/A2D2_/status/1466700684573642752
    • Karupan 5y ago
      Thank you. I had previously re as the citizenlab report, but didn’t realise that Indians were targeted as well.