Pegasus: Amnesty International's uterus, said - never claims connection between numbers and spyware

- The NSO Group has already made it clear that it only makes this software available to governments, not to any private players.

New delhi date. Thursday, July 22, 2021

Amid the ongoing controversy over the Pegasus espionage issue, human rights group Amnesty International has come under fire. A statement from Amnesty International said it had never said the list was targeted at NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.

The list that came up was not a target but could have been a potential target, the company said in a statement. According to the company, "Amnesty makes it clear that the list that came up could be a potential target, meaning that the NSO Group's software could be used."

According to Amnesty, there were only a few people on the full list who were being monitored, although this cannot be confirmed for the rest.

Notably, a report was recently published by several international media companies, Forbidden Story and Amnesty International, claiming that about 50,000 phones around the world were hacked. It included journalists, leaders, ministers, activists. The Pegasus software from the Israeli company NSO Group was used for phone hacking.

The revelation has caused a stir in India. The issue is being raised by the Opposition on the roads from Parliament. The entire list included about 300 Indians, including several opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor, more than 40 journalists, ministers and other celebrities.

The NSO Group has already made it clear in the reports that it only makes the software available to governments, not to any private players. The NSO group dismissed the reports as false. The case is being investigated in France and Israel.