Israeli Spyware Used To Target Journalists, Activists, And Politicians Worldwide

Daily Mail: Israeli spyware is found on cellphones of journalists including at New York Times, CNN and AP, as well as members of royal families and politicians around the world

* Software, called Pegasus, was developed by Israel's NSO group, a private firm

* List of more than 50,000 phone numbers included journalists and politicians

* Women on list close to murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cellphone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, it emerged Sunday, igniting fears of widespread privacy and rights abuses.

The use of the software, called Pegasus and developed by Israel's NSO group, was reported on by the Washington Post, the Guardian, Le Monde and other news outlets who collaborated on an investigation into a data leak.

The leak was of a list of up to 50,000 phone numbers believed to have been identified as people of interest by clients of NSO since 2016.

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