For years, there had been lingering concern about the use of NSO group’s Pegasus software. But, the controversy over the military-grade cyber weapon erupted a year ago with the publication of the collaborative global investigation known as the Pegasus Project, led by Forbidden Stories and 16 other media organisations.
It led to an immediate reaction from most of the countries involved or were impacted through the use of Pegasus spyware. The NSO Group has denied the allegations of abuse of the spyware and asserted that it only licenses the powerful software to national governments.
The Wire has tracked the twists and turns in the diplomatic consequences of the Pegasus project in the last year.
United States – leading the front initially
The Israeli firm has repeatedly asserted that its tools do not track smartphones based in the United States. Not surprisingly, US numbers did not figure prominently in the leak of 50,000 potential targets of Pegasus.
— source thewire.in | 18/Jul/2022