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Israel’s cyber-spy industry helps world dictators hunt dissidents and gays - 15 mars 2021
Haaretz investigation spanning 100 sources in 15 countries reveals Israel has become a leading exporter of tools for spying on civilians. Dictators around the world – even in countries with no formal ties to Israel – use them eavesdrop on human rights activists, monitor emails, hack into apps and record (...)
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Human rights organizations respond to NSO : victims’ voices will not be silenced - 8 janvier 2021
Today, January 7, Access Now, along with seven other human rights organizations, filed a reply to NSO Group’s opposition to the coalition’s amicus brief in the case of WhatsApp v. NSO in the U.S. Federal 9th Circuit Court. In their opposition, NSO argued that the court should reject the brief on the grounds that it (...)
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Facebook Joined by Human Rights Groups to Fight Spyware Maker - 2 janvier 2021
A coalition of human rights and press freedom groups have filed a brief supporting Facebook Inc.’s lawsuit against the Israeli surveillance technology company NSO Group, arguing that the “very core of the principles that America represents” are at stake in the case.
Facebook last year initiated the lawsuit against (...)
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Sandvine ... the surveillance octopus in the Arab region - 2 janvier 2021
Partnership and business agreements between Arab governments and corporates on the one hand, and foreign companies working in the internet and communication surveillance industry (software/hardware) on the other, is currently witnessing an increase in rate and scale. The aim is to manipulate the flow of (...)
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Google, Cisco and VMware join Microsoft to oppose NSO Group in WhatsApp spyware case - 22 décembre 2020
A coalition of companies have filed an amicus brief in support of a legal case brought by WhatsApp against Israeli intelligence firm NSO Group, accusing the company of using an undisclosed vulnerability in the messaging app to hack into at least 1,400 devices, some of which were owned by journalists and human (...)
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Journalists Hacked with Suspected NSO Group iMessage ’Zero-Click’ Exploit - 21 décembre 2020
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In July and August 2020, government operatives used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. The personal phone of a journalist at London-based Al Araby TV was also hacked.
The phones were (...)
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Les iPhone de journalistes d’Al-Jazira ciblés par des logiciels d’espionnage ultrasophistiqués - 21 décembre 2020
Des dizaines d’iPhone de journalistes de la chaîne d’informations qatarie ont été surveillés de manière indétectable grâce à des outils de l’entreprise israélienne NSO Group, révèle un rapport du Citizen Lab de Toronto, expert dans l’étude des logiciels espions.
Les iPhone de dizaines d’employés de la chaîne d’information (...)
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NSO Group WhatsApp hack victims speak out, from India to Rwanda - 19 décembre 2020
Around the world, governments are using surveillance tools they have purchased from Israeli spyware firm NSO Group — the infamous creator of Pegasus — to monitor and crack down on human rights defenders. Access Now and our partners have repeatedly called on NSO Group and its investors to stop providing its products (...)
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Spying on Mexican journalists : investigating the lucrative market of cyber-surveillance - 8 décembre 2020
Despite repeated scandals, the global cyber-surveillance industry continues to supply Mexico with more and more invasive technologies, assisted by well-connected intermediaries. Multiple journalists have been targeted by these tools, but Mexican authorities remain unconcerned. Veracruz, the state with the highest (...)
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Espionnage des journalistes mexicains : enquête sur le marché très rentable de la cyber surveillance - 8 décembre 2020
Malgré des scandales à répétition, l’industrie mondiale de la cyber surveillance, aidée par quelques intermédiaires bien connectés, continue de fournir au Mexique des technologies toujours plus invasives. Plusieurs journalistes ont été pris pour cible par ces outils sans qu’aucun responsable mexicain ne soit jamais (...)
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With Israel’s encouragement, NSO sold spyware to UAE and other Gulf states - 26 août 2020
The Israeli spyware firm has signed contracts with Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia. Despite its claims, NSO exercises little control over use of its software, which dictatorships can use to monitor dissidents
The Israeli firm NSO Group Technologies, whose software is used to hack into cellphones, has in the past (...)
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Inside NSO, Israel’s billion-dollar spyware giant - 19 août 2020
The world’s most notorious surveillance company says it wants to clean up its act. Go on, we’re listening.
Maâti Monjib speaks slowly, like a man who knows he’s being listened to.
It’s the day of his 58th birthday when we speak, but there’s little celebration in his voice. “The surveillance is hellish,” Monjib tells (...)
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Cyber-corsaires contre flibustiers du net - 8 août 2020
On aime les représenter borgnes, avec un bandeau noir sur leur œil perdu, avec une jambe de bois et un perroquet sur l’épaule. La révolution numérique a fait naître un genre nouveau de pirates tout aussi redoutables, bien moins mobiles maintenant que l’information circule à la vitesse de la lumière.
Comme leurs ancêtres (...)
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WhatsApp spyware attack : senior clergymen in Togo among activists targeted - 4 août 2020
Bishop from Togo among 1,400 individuals alerted by WhatsApp to malware attack
A prominent Catholic bishop and a priest in Togo have been told they were targeted by spyware made by the private surveillance firm NSO Group, in the first known case of its kind involving members of the clergy.
A joint investigation (...)
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Comment le Togo a utilisé le logiciel israélien Pegasus pour espionner des religieux catholiques et des opposants - 4 août 2020
Selon une enquête menée par « Le Monde » et « The Guardian », le régime togolais a utilisé un logiciel ultra-sophisitiqué pour cibler des religieux catholiques, des militants de la société civile et des opposants politiques.
A ses paroissiens de Kpalimé, ville agricole du sud-ouest du Togo, Mgr Benoît Alowonou aime répéter (...)
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Logiciel espion : les procédures judiciaires se multiplient contre NSO Group - 20 juillet 2020
En Espagne, Podemos demande l’ouverture d’une enquête parlementaire à la suite de révélations concernant l’espionnage d’indépendantistes catalans.
Pablo Iglesias, le secrétaire général du parti Podemos et membre du gouvernement espagnol, a réclamé ce 16 juillet l’ouverture d’une enquête parlementaire sur la surveillance (...)
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US, UK, Interpol give Ghana phone hacking tools, raising journalist concerns on safety and confidentiality - 19 juillet 2020
In May 2019, senior members of Ghana’s law enforcement posed for photos with the U.S. ambassador to their country at a ceremonyExternal link in the capital, Accra. Between them they held boxes and bags, gifts from the U.S. government to Ghana which, according to one of the recipients, contained Israeli phone (...)
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Israeli court dismisses Amnesty’s petition against spyware firm NSO - 18 juillet 2020
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli court has dismissed Amnesty International’s legal bid to stop NSO Group from exporting surveillance software, saying the rights organization did not prove NSO’s technology had been used to spy on its members.
Amnesty alleged that governments around the world have used the Israeli (...)
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Des militants catalans visés par un logiciel espion ultraperfectionné - 15 juillet 2020
Le téléphone du président du Parlement de Catalogne a été ciblé, en 2019, par le logiciel israélien Pegasus.
Le président indépendantiste du Parlement de Catalogne, Roger Torrent, a été visé par un logiciel espion très perfectionné, révèlent le Guardian et El Pais, s’appuyant sur des éléments techniques analysés par l’ONG (...)
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Phone of top Catalan politician ’targeted by government-grade spyware’ - 14 juillet 2020
Exclusive : Guardian and El País find regional speaker was targeted in ‘possible domestic political espionage’
One of Catalonia’s most senior politicians has been warned his mobile phone was targeted using spyware its makers say is only sold to governments to track criminals and terrorists.
A joint investigation by (...)
