Forensic investigation by @AmnestyTech
in collaboration with @FbdnStories reporters.
We @citizenlab conducted peer review.
Here's an explainer THREAD.
washingtonpost.com
Many of their government customers are authoritarians.
Most cannot resist the temptation to target their critics, reporters, human rights groups etc.
@AmnestyTech just released a report with technical analysis of NSO's infrastructure... & analysis validating w/forensics that some phones were infected with Pegasus.
amnesty.org
Our review, led by my colleague @billmarczak, judged their forensics & research methodology to be SOUND.
citizenlab.ca
To help validate the relationship between these numbers & infections @AmnestyTech got consent to forensically examine a subset of the devices.
And the massive scale of the operation.
- Mexico customer > 15,000
- Morocco > 10,000
- UAE > 10,00
Etc.
Jamal's wife was targeted with Pegasus spyware before the killing...
Then his fiancee was hacked multiple times just days after.
@citizenlab independently confirmed findings.
#PegasusProject
washingtonpost.com
Ask the government for comment... get hacked.
Hungary's far-right PM Viktor Orbán is using Pegasus spyware to surveil & attack Hungary's independent media, like @direkt36, @panyiszabolcs, and many more.
Story: @shaunwalker7 theguardian.com
Story to watch as the scandal unfolds there.
Story @svaradarajan @thewire_in
thewire.in
NSO Group's role in fueling the authoritarian assault on democratic values (like a free press) is coming into sharp focus
theguardian.com
This leak exposes the farce of that performance.
When your customers are dictators... they will do bad things. NSO knows this. We know it.
Now everybody knows it.
#PegasusProject list includes @edwyplenel, founder of independent news site @Mediapart, a reporter from @lemondefr, etc..
Story lemonde.fr
...then his number showed up on the #PegasusProject list.
Then he was assassinated.
theguardian.com
I'll be updating it with more cases & context as #PegasusProject revelations keep dropping.
So, you didn't know today's #PegasusProject hacking victims personally.
But tomorrow? Who knows. You don't.
#NSOGROUP is aggressively pitching *local* cops, including in USA 🇺🇸
Pause. Think about the oversight at your local PD.
vice.com
Since all phones are vulnerable, #Pegasus spyware lets its autocrat-users *export fear*
They want want *you* to be afraid to criticize them.
Yes, you. A continent away. In a democracy.
Think about the implications.
Think only human rights defenders & journalists get hacked with #Pegasus?
Wrong.
Good chance officials responsible for the national security of YOUR country have been / will be targeted.
Example pic: 2019 #NSOGroup WhatsApp hack.
reuters.com
Big tech.
These days they are hitting back hard against the mercenary spyware industry for hacking their products & users.
E.g. this thread by @wcathcart @WhatsApp's CEO.👇
She accused the Chief Justice of India’s Supreme Court of sexual harassment.
Just days later:
Her phone. Her husband's phone. Their family members..
11 in total then showed up on the #PegasusProject list.
thewire.in
She's in France.
Last month her iPhone 11 was silently hacked w/#Pegasus spyware. A second iPhone she borrowed? Also infected.
washingtonpost.com
...even the #Biden administration's lead Iran negotiator Robert Malley!
#NSOGroup is an urgent national security problem for the United States.
washingtonpost.com
They were put there while he was campaigning.
-His wife
-Family members, drivers, doctor
-Aides, chief of staff
-Doctor...
#PegasusProject
Story theguardian.com
He's become a critic of the gov., and was recently thrown in jail.
His American 🇺🇸 daughter, while advocating for his release, has been incessantly surveilled w/ #Pegasus.
#PegasusProject
By @skirchy theguardian.com
Experts @davidakaye & @MarietjeSchaake say:
- Immediate moratorium on sale & transfer
-Rule-of-law requirements on users
-Victims must be able to sue
-Global principles of conduct
#PegasusProject
washingtonpost.com
During the campaign, 2 of his phones were put on the #PegasusProject list, and 5 of his friends & fellow Congress party officials.
theguardian.com
Here's my take.
#PegasusProject
Included, French president @EmmanuelMacron
🇫🇷
Crystal clear: #NSOGroup is a global national security threat.
Story: washingtonpost.com
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