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Topic: Pegasus

Is my phone at risk? How the Pegasus spyware works

It is in the very nature of spyware to remain undetected on a device. That said, there are mechanisms to show whether your device has been compromised.

Against use of spying technology on civil society, journalists, US says on Pegasus row

Acting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Dean Thompson said that they don't have any particular special insights into the India case.

Covid, Pegasus, China, climate crisis — life on Earth is becoming an Orwellian nightmare

Are we living through the ‘interesting times’ of the Chinese curse, with overlapping crises slowly coming to a head, in a way that is beyond existing systems & institutions to meaningfully tackle?

Delhi cop reaches The Wire office for ‘I-Day routine check’, editor calls it ‘strange’

The policeman's visit came as The Wire, as part of a global media consortium, releases names of people who have allegedly been targeted using the Israeli spyware Pegasus. 

Pakistan calls for UN probe in India’s alleged use of Pegasus spyware

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was a potential target of the Israeli spyware Pegasus, according to a leaked list accessed by a global media consortium.

Israel to review allegations of misuse & licensing process of Pegasus amid snooping scandal

Lawmaker Ram Ben-Barak informed that Israel has set up a committee to review the issue, noting if Pegasus was 'misused or sold' to irresponsible bodies then it needs to be checked.

Kashmiri journalists, Syed Geelani and Mehbooba Mufti’s families on latest Pegasus list

J&K Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari’s brother Tariq Bukhari, Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Waqar Bhatti, a human rights activist, also figure on the list.

‘Somebody has to do the dirty work’, Israeli firm NSO founder says after Pegasus row

Israeli firm NSO's CEO Shalev Hulio says Pegasus was built for the greater good and he would shut it down if there was a better alternative.

‘All my phones are tapped, I get calls from IB officials,’ Rahul Gandhi says on Pegasus row

The Congress leader accused Home Minister Amit Shah of treason and demanded his resignation and a judicial inquiry against PM Narendra Modi.

Opposition to media to Modi govt, Pegasus scandal has lessons for all

Using snooping technologies has its own collateral damage. The government should come clean in the current case where a foreign service provider may be involved.

On Camera

IndiGo meltdown carries a warning for India’s defence sector

IndiGo showed how a single point of failure can ripple across a sector. In defence, where there is no external fallback, the consequences are far more serious.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.