Starting in 2016, a series of New York Times investigations revealed the presence of NSO’s spyware on the iPhones of Emirati activists lobbying for expanded voting rights Mexican nutritionists lobbying for a national soda tax lawyers looking into the mass disappearance of 43 Mexican students academics who helped write anti-corruption legislation journalists in Mexico and England and an American representing victims of sexual abuse by Mexico’s police.
The company has said that it sells its spyware only to governments that meet strict human rights standards and that it expressly requires customers to agree to use its spyware only to track terrorists or criminals.īut over the past six years, NSO’s Pegasus spyware has turned up on the phones of activists, dissidents, lawyers, doctors, nutritionists and even children in countries like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Mexico. NSO did not immediately respond to inquiries on Monday.
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Krstić said.Īpple has said it plans to introduce new security defenses for iMessage, Apple’s texting application, in its next iOS 15 software update, expected later this year. “Attacks like the ones described are highly sophisticated, cost millions of dollars to develop, often have a short shelf life and are used to target specific individuals,” Mr.
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