Did the government buy Pegasus spyware — yes or no? The NSO group, which developed the snooping software, has maintained that it sells Pegasus exclusively to governments. “In the interest of sovereignty and safety of India, data can be intercepted as per the IT law,” the minister said. My statement in the Rajya Sabha on the Calling Attention Motion regarding security breach of WhatsApp users by Pegasus spyware. pic.twitter.com/t3rAJhiAIC — Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) November 28, 2019RJD’s Manoj K Jha said the minister’s statement was vague on the purchase of the spyware.

Source: Huffington Post November 28, 2019 12:11 UTC