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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont

Inquiry finds Israeli police used spyware against three people, report says

NSO Group
The Pegasus project alleged that NSO Group’s spyware has been used against activists, journalists and human rights defenders. Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP

An initial investigation into allegations that Israeli police targeted citizens with spyware has confirmed that the application was indeed used against three people, according to claims by a local news station.

The Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 said a police investigation ordered by Israel’s public security minister, Omer Barlev, had concluded that of 26 individuals named in recent reports as having been targeted using NSO Group’s Pegasus software, three named individuals were targeted, with the police successfully hacking only one of the phones.

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