India\u2019s government has used the highly invasive Pegasus spyware to target high-profile journalists, according to a new investigation by Amnesty International and The Washington Post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Created by Israeli firm NSO Group, Pegasus can be used to access a phone\u2019s messages and emails, peruse photos, eavesdrop on calls, track locations and even film the owner with the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watchdogs have documented widespread use of the spyware \u2013 which NSO says is only sold to governments or security agencies \u2013 against journalists and activists in dozens of countries, including India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
India\u2019s government has used the highly invasive Pegasus spyware to target high-profile journalists, according to a new investigation by Amnesty International and The Washington Post. Created by Israeli firm NSO Group, Pegasus can be used to access a phone\u2019s messages and emails, peruse photos, eavesdrop on calls, track locations and even film the owner with …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":99779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2929,31],"tags":[6225],"class_list":["post-99778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-news","tag-pegasus-spyware"],"yoast_head":"\n