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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Raphael Satter and James Pearson

Researchers find Israeli-made spyware deployed across Armenia

Varuzhan Geghamyan, Armenian academic, is seen in Yerevan, Armenia, May 23, 2023. Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS

Researchers have discovered Israeli-made Pegasus phone hacking software deployed against targets across Armenia, including reporters at a U.S. government-funded news organization, a report released on Thursday found.

A team of researchers from digital rights group Access Now, human rights organization Amnesty International, Canadian internet watchdog Citizen Lab, Armenian digital defense group CyberHUB-AM and independent researcher Ruben Muradyan, said they had confirmed at least 12 cases in which espionage software made by Israel's NSO Group had been used against Armenian officials, journalists and organizers.

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