Topic: Pegasus
US blacklists Israel’s NSO group, maker of Pegasus spyware
The U.S. Commerce Department added Israel's NSO Group to its trade blacklist on Wednesday, saying the group sold spyware to foreign governments that used the equipment to target government officials, journalists and others, reported Reuters.
Pegasus: Supreme Court orders independent probe, says Union’s vague denial not sufficient
Allegations of snooping using the Pegasus software are about fundamental rights and "could have a chilling effect", the apex court said.
Artifical Intelligence: UN human rights chief calls for halt to sales
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the sale and use of Artifical Intelligence systems...
“Dehumanised in prison, detained indefinitely”: Public statement seeking release of Bhima Koregaon accused
The signatories condemned the continued incarceration of the country's prominent human rights defenders.
Pegasus spyware: Rights experts push for surveillance technology moratorium
A group of UN-appointed experts on Thursday called for a moratorium on the sale of surveillance technology, warning against the danger of allowing the sector to operate as “a human rights-free zone.”
‘Expected,’ says Kerala activist named in Pegasus target list
translated as People's Human Rights Front. In 2015, he got arrested by the then Congress-led govt in Kerala under a UAPA case and was later released on bail. The case is still going on in Ernakulam sessions court. On May first week, Jaison got a call from The Wire office. They informed him that his phone number was among the leaked database of phone numbers listed as potential targets in an Israeli spyware Pegasus attack, reportedly commissioned by the Indian government. They told him that his phone might be affected by Pegasus, a malware that allows a hacker to access and control a phone.
