Israeli-Made Pegasus Spyware Targeted 450 Phones

The Israeli-made Pegasus spyware is suspected of infecting over 450 phones targeted by clients of NSO, who range from Saudi Arabia to Mexican drug lords, Omer Benjakob reported for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Photo Insert: NSO has since been sanctioned and American investors are barred from securing shares from the company.

Sold by the cyber offense firm NSO to state intelligence agencies around the world, the Pegasus spyware has become infamous in recent years.

Exploiting unknown loopholes in WhatsApp, iMessage, and Android has allowed the group’s clients to potentially infect any smartphone and gain full access to it – in some cases without the owner even clicking or opening a file.

Furious over the use of the spyware to monitor US diplomats, US President Joseph Biden sanctioned NSO and barred American investors from securing shares from the company, and the Israeli government could do nothing to stop the ban.

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