Journalists, activists ensnared in Israeli spyware scandal

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AFP

Paris (AFP) – European politicians and media groups voiced outrage Monday over reports that an Israeli firm supplied phone malware used by governments to spy on activists, journalists, lawyers and politicians in several countries. The NSO Group and its Pegasus malware — capable of switching on a phone’s camera or microphone and harvesting its data — have been in the headlines since 2016, when researchers accused it of helping spy on a dissident in the United Arab Emirates. A collaborative investigation by The Washington Post, The Guardian, Le Monde and other media outlets, based on a leaked …

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