Israeli police have cracked down on telephone communications of public figures, journalists and members of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s environment thanks to Pegasus software, according to new revelations published today by an Israeli newspaper.
Following the first revelations of the financial newspaper Calcalist, which led to the investigation on January 20, the police admitted last week that they had used technologies for interception of information “without authorization”, but without naming the Pegasus software of the Israeli company NSO.
Today the Calcalist newspaper reported that the use of the Pegasus program became a common practice for gathering information and was used mainly, without court permission, against Avner Netanyahu, one of the former prime minister’s sons, the latter’s communication advisers, as well as prominent journalists and mayors.
“From ministry executives to journalists and businessmen: the massive Pegasus attack has affected everyone, from disability activists and Ethiopians to corporate executives, mayors and the prime minister’s associates,” the paper said.
Israeli Police Chief Yaakov Stamptay said in a statement that he had asked Public Security Minister Omar Bar-Lev to launch an external and independent investigation to “restore public confidence” and “regulate the use of technology by the police”.
Last week, other Israeli media reported that there were suspicions that police had intercepted the telephone communications of a key witness in the trial of Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Israeli cybersecurity group NSO, owner of Pegasus, has not denied or confirmed the sale of the software to police, stressing that “it has not been involved in the operation of the system since it was sold to government customers.”
Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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