Phone Hacking Scandal

Spain's top spymaster was grilled behind closed doors by lawmakers on Thursday over mobile phone hacking revelations that have roiled the country's fragile coalition government.

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.

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.

The Supreme Court  appointed a committee of experts to inquire into the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for surveillance of Indian citizens.

France's national cyber-security agency ANSSI has confirmed the presence of Pegasus spyware on the phones of two journalists from the country's online investigative journal Mediapart, the publication reported on Thursday.

Nearly two years after it first came to light that a sophisticated spyware developed by an Israeli firm could take over the control of mobile phones without the knowledge of the owner, the Pegasus scandal has resurfaced.

Election strategist Prashant Kishor was today revealed to be among the hundreds of names in India targeted by Israeli spyware 'Pegasus' for alleged surveillance through infected mobile phones.

NSO, which sells the spyware Pegasus, has trashed reports in The Wire and other publications that said phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders and journalists have been found on a database of targets for hacking

Phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders and journalists have been found on a database of targets for hacking that used Israeli spyware 'Pegasus' - only available to governments - reported The Wire and other publications on Sunday.

Elon Musk had taken a jibe at WhatsApp in the wake of the highly publicised Jeff Bezos phone-hacking scandal, claiming that the platform comes with a free phone hacking risk.

The kind of malware that led to the massive privacy breach on WhatsApp in at least 20 countries abuses vulnerabilities in operating systems of mobile phones, the messaging platform has said in a fresh statement, days after the snooping scandal came to light.

The government today asked WhatsApp for an explanation on a snowballing snooping scandal after WhatsApp confirmed it had informed several Indian users this week that they had been targeted by Israeli spyware earlier this year in a hacking spree that included journalists, activists, lawyers and senior government officials. The journalists and activi...

Former Editor of the now-defunct tabloid News of the World, Rebekah Brooks is all set to make a comeback to her alma mater News Corp, to run its social media news agency Storyful, the Financial Times reported.

The 51-year-old actor is apparently quite serious about coming up with his own rock album

A new regulator for Britain's press started work on Monday following a scandal over journalists hacking the phones of celebrities and crime victims, but was immediately dismissed as a "sham" by campaigners.

Spain's top spymaster was grilled behind closed doors by lawmakers on Thursday over mobile phone hacking revelations that have roiled the country's fragile coalition government.

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.

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.

The Supreme Court  appointed a committee of experts to inquire into the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for surveillance of Indian citizens.

France's national cyber-security agency ANSSI has confirmed the presence of Pegasus spyware on the phones of two journalists from the country's online investigative journal Mediapart, the publication reported on Thursday.

Nearly two years after it first came to light that a sophisticated spyware developed by an Israeli firm could take over the control of mobile phones without the knowledge of the owner, the Pegasus scandal has resurfaced.

Election strategist Prashant Kishor was today revealed to be among the hundreds of names in India targeted by Israeli spyware 'Pegasus' for alleged surveillance through infected mobile phones.

NSO, which sells the spyware Pegasus, has trashed reports in The Wire and other publications that said phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders and journalists have been found on a database of targets for hacking

Phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders and journalists have been found on a database of targets for hacking that used Israeli spyware 'Pegasus' - only available to governments - reported The Wire and other publications on Sunday.

Elon Musk had taken a jibe at WhatsApp in the wake of the highly publicised Jeff Bezos phone-hacking scandal, claiming that the platform comes with a free phone hacking risk.

The kind of malware that led to the massive privacy breach on WhatsApp in at least 20 countries abuses vulnerabilities in operating systems of mobile phones, the messaging platform has said in a fresh statement, days after the snooping scandal came to light.

The government today asked WhatsApp for an explanation on a snowballing snooping scandal after WhatsApp confirmed it had informed several Indian users this week that they had been targeted by Israeli spyware earlier this year in a hacking spree that included journalists, activists, lawyers and senior government officials. The journalists and activi...

Former Editor of the now-defunct tabloid News of the World, Rebekah Brooks is all set to make a comeback to her alma mater News Corp, to run its social media news agency Storyful, the Financial Times reported.

The 51-year-old actor is apparently quite serious about coming up with his own rock album

A new regulator for Britain's press started work on Monday following a scandal over journalists hacking the phones of celebrities and crime victims, but was immediately dismissed as a "sham" by campaigners.