Israel police uses NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens

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07:03.18.01.22.Israel police uses NSO's Pegasus spyware to remotely hack phones of Israeli citizens, control them and extract information from them, Calcalist has revealed. The heads of the political protests had no idea that Israel police had remotely planted NSO's spyware in their phones, taking over their devices and having the ability to listen to all their calls and read all their messages. The political protesters weren't the only ones the police were tracking through NSO. The Israeli company's spyware, which has earned a notorious reputation over recent years after being used by oppressive regimes to spy on dissidents, was used, for example, by the police's SIGINT unit in order to search for evidence of bribery in the cellphone of serving mayor, during the stage in which the investigation was still confidential. Police first acquired Pegasus from NSO in December 2013 during the tenureship of Yohanan Danino as General Commissioner of Israel Police. The person who negotiated with police on behalf of NSO was then CEO Eran Gorev, who was the representative of investment firm Francisco Partners, which owned NSO at the time. A police officer receives requests from the different agencies and then transfers them the information, the source of which was at times NSO's spyware. Israel Police: "The claims included in your request are untrue. Israel Police acts according to the authority granted to it by law and when necessary according to court orders and within the rules and regulations set by the responsible bodies. The police's activity in this sector is under constant supervision and inspection of the Attorney General of Israel and additional external legal entities. Naturally, the police don't intend to comment on the tools it uses. Nevertheless, we will continue to act in a determined manner with all the means at our disposal, in the physical and online spaces, to fight crime in general, and organized crime in particular, to protect the safety and property of the public."
Israel police uses NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens



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