Pegasus spyware can be used to secretly extract messages and photos, record calls and activate microphones in smartphones. Pegasus allows NSO clients to infect smartphones with hidden software that can extract messages and photos, record calls and secretly activate microphones. Lawyers for WhatsApp recently told the US court that NSO has “only produced 17 internal documents of its own”. Both Israel and NSO anticipated expansive requests from WhatsApp for sensitive internal company files, such as lists of its customers. The order itself was also made secret; a gag order has prevented the government’s actions being made public in Israel.

Source: The Guardian July 25, 2024 21:24 UTC