Scores of journalists from seventeen news outlets worked together to expose evidence of industrial-scale spying that targeted journalists, activists, politicians, and business executives. The participating news outlets are dubbing this the "Pegasus Project," teeing off the name of the spyware, Pegasus, which is ostensibly licensed by NSO Group to track terrorists and major criminals. "The number of journalists identified as targets vividly illustrates how Pegasus is used as a tool to intimidate critical media. "Out in the open..."CNN has not independently verified the findings of the Pegasus Project probe. NSO Group also said it "does not operate the system and has no visibility to the data."

Source: CNN July 19, 2021 04:18 UTC