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Big win for WhatsApp: US judge finds Pegasus maker guilty in spyware case
WhatsApp wins significant ruling against NSO Group, as judge finds the spyware company liable for hacking and breach of contract.
Published on Dec 21, 2024 11:55 AM IST
‘Got an Apple alert…’: Mehbooba Mufti's daughter accuses BJP of snooping
Mehbooba Mufti also alleged that the BJP is using Pegasus spyware to “snoop” on women leaders who do not “toe their line”.
Updated on Jul 10, 2024 07:48 PM IST
Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
Updated on Feb 14, 2024 07:32 AM IST
AP |
Indian government is targeting high-profile journalists with Pegasus: Report
Pegasus can be used to access a phone's messages and emails, peruse photos, eavesdrop on calls, track locations and even film the owner with the camera.
Published on Dec 28, 2023 01:21 PM IST
AFP |
Indian journalist's phone targeted with Israeli spyware Pegasus: Report
The forensic work on Magnale's phone found a pattern of suspicious crashes on it that matched previously known Pegasus intrusions.
Published on Nov 09, 2023 09:56 AM IST
'Habit of defaming India...': Anurag Thakur slams Rahul Gandhi, Pegasus remark
Rahul Gandhi Cambridge speech: The Congress MP also spoke about his party's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'.
Updated on Mar 03, 2023 12:20 PM IST
'Court to humaare kabze mein...': Shah on opposition claims of CBI, ED 'misuse'
Amit Shah ANI interview: The union home minister spoke to news agency ANI two days before voting in Tripura.
Updated on Feb 14, 2023 10:26 AM IST
Prove it first: Amit Shah to Cong leader in Lok Sabha over mention of Pegasus
This is a serious allegation. He is claiming there is Pegasus in his phone. Let him prove it first, Amit Shah said as the Lok Sabha was discussing on drug menace.
Updated on Dec 31, 2022 12:03 PM IST
No Pegasus proof; govt didn’t play ball: Panel
The Pegasus row erupted in July last year after an international consortium of media outlets and investigative journalists reported that the phones of Indian ministers, politicians, activists, businessmen and journalists were among the 50,000 that were potentially targeted by Pegasus, Israeli company NSO Group’s phone hacking software.
Updated on Aug 26, 2022 04:59 AM IST
Utkarsh Anand, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
‘PM, govt's non-cooperation..’: Rahul Gandhi on SC panel's Pegasus report
The Congress MP was among the Indians whose phones, according to a report, were targeted to be infected with the Israeli-developed spyware.
Published on Aug 25, 2022 09:06 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
'Cong shouldn't preach us on spying...': BJP leader's taunt on Pegasus row
Pegasus panel findings: Experts found traces of malware in five of the phones and they also said the government did not co-operate with the probe.
Updated on Aug 25, 2022 05:55 PM IST
'Will Rahul Gandhi apologise now': BJP on Pegasus; 'Remember chewing gum gate?'
Former Union minister RS Prasad said the Congress is losing all elections as it is taking resort to lies. “It is not in Rahul Gandhi's nature to apologise,” the BJP leader said after Supreme Court hearing of Pegasus spyware case.
Published on Aug 25, 2022 03:03 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Supreme Court Pegasus hearing: Panel says government didn't cooperate with probe
The Supreme Court adjourned the Pegasus case hearing for four weeks and read out some portions of the three-part report of the probe panel. The panel said the government did not cooperate with the investigation.
Updated on Aug 25, 2022 12:02 PM IST
HT News Desk | Reported by Utkarsh Anand | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Pegasus panel did not find snooping proof on devices?
The committee, headed by former Supreme Court judge RV Raveendran, analysed more than 100 devices and details of the finding are in an over 600-page document.
Updated on Aug 06, 2022 12:51 AM IST
Deeksha Bhardwaj, New Delhi
Pegasus panel gives report to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is yet to set a next date of hearing for the case during whose proceedings the panel was formed under the supervision of retired Supreme Court judge justice RV Raveendran.
Updated on Aug 02, 2022 04:34 AM IST
Deeksha Bhardwaj
Pegasus row: Supreme Court asks panel to expedite its probe
The committee, and a technical sub-committee, is carrying out a digital forensics analysis of devices suspected to have been targeted by a military grade spyware called Pegasus, which is reported to cost millions of dollars and its Israeli makers NSO Group have claimed they only serve government clients.
Updated on May 21, 2022 01:23 AM IST
Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi
Pegasus row: Supreme Court says probe panel can submit report by June 20
Pegasus row: There are allegations that Pegasus was used for snooping against opposition leaders among others.
Updated on May 20, 2022 11:34 AM IST
HT News Desk | Reported by Utkarsh Anand | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Top court-appointed panel seeks info from state DGPs on Pegasus purchase
In a letter, the Supreme Court-constituted technical committee, on April 18, directed police chiefs of all states to specify the date of the procurement, and the type and quantity of licences if the states had procured the spyware.
Updated on Apr 30, 2022 08:31 AM IST
Debabrata Mohanty, Bhubaneswar
Watchdog warns UK government of spyware infections inside 10 Downing Street
The spy software is known as Pegasus, a product of Israeli cyberarms dealer NSO Group, according to a blog post published by Citizen Lab.
Published on Apr 19, 2022 05:47 AM IST
Reuters |
Senior UK officials, PMO hacked using Pegasus: New report
Canada-based Citizen Labs, which first uncovered the widespread deployment of Pegasus in 2018, said in its report that “multiple suspected instances” of the spyware’s infection were found within official UK networks in 2020 and 2021.
Updated on Apr 19, 2022 12:51 AM IST
Binayak Dasgupta, New Delhi
Mamata says NSO came to Bengal to sell Pegasus spyware, but she rejected offer
The Trinamool Congress supremo said she had turned down the offer as the spyware could have been exploited politically and targeting judges and officials, something that was unacceptable.
Updated on Mar 17, 2022 05:12 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Pegasus panel submits interim report in Supreme Court, hearing on Friday
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the matter of the Pegasus snooping case on Friday instead of Wednesday, after the technical committee set up by the apex court sought more time to submit its findings on the alleged misuse of the Israeli spyware on Indian citizens.
Updated on Feb 23, 2022 02:12 AM IST
Abraham Thomas
Pegasus case: Supreme court postpones hearing to Friday on government's request
Pegasus Spyware Case: The Supreme Court agreed to postpone tomorrow's hearing of the Pegasus case to Friday after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said he was busy with another hearing
Updated on Feb 22, 2022 01:41 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear batch of pleas on Pegasus spying allegations on Feb 23
A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli has listed as many as 12 PILs, including the ones filed by Editors Guild of India and veteran journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar, for hearing on February 23.
Published on Feb 21, 2022 10:53 PM IST
PTI |
Opposition unlikely to bring up Pegasus issue during rest of Budget Session
The issue was back in the news after the New York Times on January 28 reported that the government purchased Pegasus in 2017 as a part of a $2-billion deal with Israel
Updated on Feb 08, 2022 04:37 PM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Israel to probe if spyware used illegally at home
Israeli officials, including the minister in charge of police, initially denied any impropriety. But the police later backtracked, citing “additional findings,” and on Monday, public security minister Omer Bar-Lev ordered the investigation.
Published on Feb 08, 2022 07:55 AM IST
Agencies | , Jerusalem/washington
Parliament: Pralhad Joshi says no scope for discussion on Pegasus row
Parliament Budget Session: The parliamentary affairs minister however, said that if Opposition parties wanted to raise any issue, they may do so while speaking on the Motion of Thanks on the President's address.
Published on Jan 31, 2022 07:54 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Pegasus row: Congress calls for privilege motion against Centre
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla came a day after several opposition parties attacked the government following a report by the New York Times that said India purchased the spyware in 2017.
Updated on Jan 31, 2022 04:31 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Fresh plea urges SC to take note of NYT report on Pegasus
The application, submitted by advocate ML Sharma, has requested the court to order a probe into the 2017 defence deal with Israel.
Published on Jan 31, 2022 12:13 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Pegasus inquiry: Take note of the NYT report
The charges in the NYT report are serious. The three-member panel set up by the apex court should take note of it and include it in the scope of its ongoing inquiry
Updated on Jan 30, 2022 11:03 PM IST
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