According to a report India, one of the Pegasus customers, had also targeted a phone which was earlier in Prime Minister Imran Khan’s use through the malware. The NSO maintains that the Pegasus is only intended for use against criminals and terrorists. The Pegasus also violates peoples’ privacy, making it easy to blackmail important individuals who can be forced to act upon directives that are illegal or against national interest. The PTI government is reportedly meditating to develop a new software for the federal ministers as a firewall against the Pegasus. It needs to be accompanied by raising the issue at world forums with like-minded countries for a global moratorium on the international spyware trade.

Source: Pakistan Today July 20, 2021 17:15 UTC