Topic: Pegasus

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, was twice selected as a potential surveillance target in leaked phone number data, making him one of dozens of Indian politicians, journalists, activists and government critics whose numbers were identified as possible targets for the Israeli company’s government clients, according to an investigation into a massive data leak.

"Even after his death, they didn't stop," says Syed Athif Geelani, son of Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani whose phone was found infected with Pegasus...

At least eight rights activists who are in jail under draconian UAPA in Elgar Parishad case and family, friends and lawyers of the UAPA prisoners have been targeted by the State using hacking software Pegasus sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, according to an investigation into a massive data leak.

Phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders, journalists, rights activists, scientists, businessmen, government officials and lawyers have been found on a leaked database of targets for hacking that used Israeli spyware 'Pegasus', reported The Wire this evening.

WhatsApp is publicly attributing the attack to NSO Group, an Israeli spyware developer that also goes by the name Q Cyber Technologies.