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Apple rocked by Pegasus security hack
Not even the mighty iPhone is safe from the most insidious hack we’ve seen so far
JOURNALISTS, ACTIVISTS, AND OTHER GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE SEEN THEIR PHONES INFECTED WITH SPYWARE WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE — AND WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO TAP A THING TO INITIATE THE DOWNLOAD.
Back in 2019, Pegasus, spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO, hit the global headlines for being put to use by some governments for snooping on human rights activists and journalists. Now, in a redux of the same story, a global investigation by a clutch of 17 media organisations along with Amnesty International and the Paris-based non-profit organisation Forbidden Stories has claimed that Pegasus was used to extract messages and information from the phones of journalists, politicians and activists in many countries, including India.