A file photo of a woman using her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group ‘Pegasus’, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. Leaks suggest that Pegasus was widely used by the intelligence services of multiple countries and used to hack the phones of political opponents, journalists and activists worldwide. — AFP
Consternation is growing internationally following a series of leaks about the Israeli-produced Pegasus surveillance software.
The programme, created by cybersecurity firm NSO, is designed to take advantage of security gaps in smartphone software to access private data.
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