Still, the revelations presented by the Pegasus Project partners in a cascade of articles that began on July 18, 2021, represented a watershed moment. Before the Pegasus Project became a reality, there was a core group of only four people. This required obvious measures such as keeping mobile phones away from work-related conversations or continuous scans to guarantee that the mobile phones of those involved in the investigation had not been compromised. Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy. Before the Pegasus Project revelations, NSO had defended that misuse of Pegasus immediately led to the violator agency losing access to it.

Source: New York Times June 07, 2024 04:24 UTC