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India targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware: Amnesty

Pegasus can be used to access a phone's messages and emails, peruse photos and eavesdrop on calls [File: Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters]

India’s 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.

The findings, published on Thursday, noted India’s repeated use of Pegasus against journalists, including one who was previously a victim of an attack using the same spyware.

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