Pegasus Scandal

Israeli spyware firm NSO Group that created and sold Pegasus phone hacking tool said on Tuesday it had sold the country's police a variant that can access local cellphones but described it as being "weaker" than the export version.

The committee appointed to look into the Pegasus spyware scandal has sought more time to complete its investigation

Taiwan's government believes there is "enormous" room for cooperation with the European Union on semiconductors, responding to plans from the bloc to boost its chip industry and cut its dependence on US and Asian supplies.

Israel's domestic spying scandal widened Monday with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett vowing government action following new reports that police illegally used the Pegasus malware to hack phones of dozens of prominent figures.

There was no link between the $2 billion India-Israel deal that purportedly involved the Pegasus spyware and an Indian vote in the United Nations as suggested by The New York Times, the former Indian envoy to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin told N

Mobile phones belonging to Finnish diplomats were spied on using the cyber espionage software Pegasus, the country's foreign ministry said.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the ongoing probe by the West Bengal government appointed commission headed by former Supreme Court Justice M B Lokur into the Pegasus snooping allegations.

Israel said that countries interested in buying its cyber technologies would have to commit to using them to prevent only a limited list of terrorist acts and serious crimes.

Israel slashed its list of countries eligible to buy its cyber technologies following concern over possible abuses abroad of a hacking tool sold by Israeli firm NSO Group, Israel's Calcalist financial newspaper reported.

Apple has sued Israeli firm NSO Group - the developers of the Pegasus spyware allegedly used by governments around the world, including India to snoop on private correspondence of tens of thousands of journalists, activists and others.

Apple sued the Israeli spyware maker at the centre of the Pegasus surveillance scandal, seeking to block NSO Group from targeting the over one billion iPhones in circulation.

Apple sued spyware maker NSO on Tuesday for targeting the users of its devices, saying the Israeli firm at the center of the Pegasus surveillance scandal needs to be held to account.

The CEO-designate of NSO Group has resigned citing the Israeli spyware company's blacklisting by the US Commerce Department last week, Israeli media said on Thursday.

The Israeli government on Saturday distanced itself from the NSO Group, a firm blacklisted this week by the US over alleged misuse of its phone-hacking spyware.

US authorities put the Israeli maker of the Pegasus, NSO, on a blacklist of restricted companies, taking aim at software central to a scandal over surveillance of journalists and officials.

Israeli spyware firm NSO Group that created and sold Pegasus phone hacking tool said on Tuesday it had sold the country's police a variant that can access local cellphones but described it as being "weaker" than the export version.

The committee appointed to look into the Pegasus spyware scandal has sought more time to complete its investigation

Taiwan's government believes there is "enormous" room for cooperation with the European Union on semiconductors, responding to plans from the bloc to boost its chip industry and cut its dependence on US and Asian supplies.

Israel's domestic spying scandal widened Monday with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett vowing government action following new reports that police illegally used the Pegasus malware to hack phones of dozens of prominent figures.

There was no link between the $2 billion India-Israel deal that purportedly involved the Pegasus spyware and an Indian vote in the United Nations as suggested by The New York Times, the former Indian envoy to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin told N

Mobile phones belonging to Finnish diplomats were spied on using the cyber espionage software Pegasus, the country's foreign ministry said.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the ongoing probe by the West Bengal government appointed commission headed by former Supreme Court Justice M B Lokur into the Pegasus snooping allegations.

Israel said that countries interested in buying its cyber technologies would have to commit to using them to prevent only a limited list of terrorist acts and serious crimes.

Israel slashed its list of countries eligible to buy its cyber technologies following concern over possible abuses abroad of a hacking tool sold by Israeli firm NSO Group, Israel's Calcalist financial newspaper reported.

Apple has sued Israeli firm NSO Group - the developers of the Pegasus spyware allegedly used by governments around the world, including India to snoop on private correspondence of tens of thousands of journalists, activists and others.

Apple sued the Israeli spyware maker at the centre of the Pegasus surveillance scandal, seeking to block NSO Group from targeting the over one billion iPhones in circulation.

Apple sued spyware maker NSO on Tuesday for targeting the users of its devices, saying the Israeli firm at the center of the Pegasus surveillance scandal needs to be held to account.

The CEO-designate of NSO Group has resigned citing the Israeli spyware company's blacklisting by the US Commerce Department last week, Israeli media said on Thursday.

The Israeli government on Saturday distanced itself from the NSO Group, a firm blacklisted this week by the US over alleged misuse of its phone-hacking spyware.

US authorities put the Israeli maker of the Pegasus, NSO, on a blacklist of restricted companies, taking aim at software central to a scandal over surveillance of journalists and officials.