NSO Group
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Salah Hammouri sues NSO Group
Israeli spyware firm NSO Group faces a number of lawsuits from tech giants and others targeted with its malware. Salah Hammouri, an acclaimed Palestinian-French human rights defender, and two human rights groups have filed a criminal complaint against the notorious Israeli spyware company NSO Group. Continue reading
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Pegasus spyware row is really about who controls cyber weapons
The Israeli spy software firm NSO Group has rarely been out of the headlines over the past year. Its spyware tool Pegasus worms its way into phones, accessing data and turning on the microphone and camera to act as round-the-clock surveillance equipment. Authoritarian states have reportedly bought the cyber weapon from NSO and put it to nefarious… Continue reading
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US reminds India it’s showtime
The Biden-Harris Administration is sensing that Modi Govt, a perceived ally, is not to be seen as its war machine revs up in anticipation of a horrific war. Typically, if a country is not with the US, then, it must be against it. But India falls in a category by itself. Continue reading
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Blinken comes riding the Pegasus
Pegasus, the winged divine horse from Greek mythology, symbolises a range of things. The mythological salad can include many symbolic narratives — ranging from soul’s immortality to poetic inspiration — even the Marxist eschatological myth of the withering away of the state. Continue reading
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Politicians, Journalists, HR Activists And Others Spied Upon Using Pegasus Spyware
NSO Group, a private Israeli firm that sells surveillance technology to governments worldwide, insists that its Pegasus spyware is used only to “investigate terrorism and crime.” Leaked data, however, reveals that the company’s hacking tool “has been used to facilitate human rights violations around the world on a massive scale.” Continue reading
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Will EU and pandemic pave way for Israeli global surveillance?
The coronavirus pandemic is a priceless opportunity for governments and spy firms to expand their reach into people’s lives. Continue reading
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When ‘Former’ Spies Run Wild Bad Things Happen
The stories is this eassy are about nefarious activities by former NSA, former CIA, former military etc. staff that joined private businesses. They demonstrate that there is a structural problem when people trained to be weapons are allowed to run in the wild. Continue reading
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