Project Pegasus: Israel authorities raids NSO places of work

Israeli authorities authorities have raided the places of work of NSO Group following revelations by a consortium of media organisations that the surveillance software program vendor’s Pegasus adware was utilized by a number of governments around the globe to listen in on public figures and opposition leaders amongst others.
The raids happened Wednesday.
An NSO spokesperson confirmed to Israeli information web site ‘The Record’ that “representatives from the Israeli Ministry of Defence had visited their offices”.

“The company is working in full transparency with the Israeli authorities. We are confident that this inspection will prove the facts are as declared repeatedly by the company against the false allegations made against us in the recent media attacks,” the spokesperson added.
Recently, a worldwide collaborative investigative venture has revealed that the Pegasus adware focused over 300 cell phone numbers in India, together with that of Ministers within the Narendra Modi authorities, varied Opposition leaders, a constitutional authority, and several other journalists and enterprise individuals.
The numbers of Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel and Railways & IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw additionally featured within the checklist. Amid huge uproar over the problem by Opposition events, the federal government has denied allegations that the Pegasus adware was getting used to listen in on politicians, journalists and a constitutional authority. It has additionally known as the report “sensational”, and an try “to malign Indian democracy and its well-established institutions”.