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Apple Accused of Silencing Workers, Spying on Personal Devices
Apple faces new accusations in a lawsuit filed by an employee over unlawful surveillance of employees' personal devices and iCloud accounts, The employee has alleged the firm requires staff to install software on personal devices used for work that provides access to their personal data, and prohibits them from discussing wages and work conditions.
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Milestone Systems Launches First Experience Centre in India, Unveils AI-Powered Video Surveillance System
Milestone Systems, a Denmark-based video solutions company, has opened its first Experience Centre in India. This makes it the third such facility by the company to be opened in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The company also unveiled Milestone Kite, a Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) software, which offers features such as visitor tracking...
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Mahua Moitra Writes To Lok Sabha Speaker Over Apple Security Alerts Received By Opposition MPs, Seeks Protection
This "illegal surveillance by the government" is the worst attack on fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution, the Krishnanagar MP said.
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WhatsApp Parent Meta Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Installing Pegasus Malware
The USÂ Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
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Greek Government Rocked by Resignations Amid Long-Simmering Surveillance Scandal
Greece's intelligence chief and a close aide to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resigned in the space of an hour on Friday, as the country's conservative government battles a surveillance scandal. While the government has consistently denied any state involvement, saying it had not bought software of that type, complaints from the opposition and...
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Thai Minister Backtracks on Spyware Admission as Government Denies Pegasus Use
Thai minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn on Friday sought to walk back remarks before parliament that authorities had used Pegasus spyware to monitor individuals, taking a U-turn on his admission just days earlier that surveillance software was actively being used.
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Thailand Admits to Using Phone Spyware Citing National Security, Amid Allegations of Pegasus Usage
Thailand on Tuesday admitted to the use of surveillance software to monitor individuals, in cases involving national security or drugs. Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn confirmed the use of spyware, but did not specify what programme was used, which government agency had access to the software, or which individuals w...
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Chinese Firms Use Artificial Intelligence Software for Surveillance Tools
Chinese firms have bought and used artificial intelligence software to sort through data collected on citizens. China's current system used law enforcement officials and other users to organise this data.
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EU to Probe 'Political' Use of Pegasus Spyware in Member Countries
European Union lawmakers have voted in an overwhelming majority in favour of probing the use of Pegasus surveillance software by member countries, especially Hungry and Poland.
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iPhone Flaw Exploited by Pegasus Spyware Said to Be Simultaneously Abused by Second Israeli Spy Firm
A flaw in Apple's software exploited by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to break into iPhone handsets in 2021 was simultaneously abused by a competing company, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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NSO Group: Polish Leader Admits Country Bought Powerful Israeli Spyware
Poland's most powerful politician has acknowledged that the country bought advanced spyware from the Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group but denied that it was being used to target his political opponents.
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Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Blacklisted by US Following Surveillance Scandal
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.
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Pegasus Snooping Case Highlights: Supreme Court Forms Probe Panel
The Supreme Court  appointed a committee of experts to inquire into the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for surveillance of Indian citizens.
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"Working In Full Transparency With Israel": Pegasus Maker On Raids
Israeli government agencies on Wednesday carried "inspection" on surveillance software vendor NSO Group "to examine" security breach allegations against the company's Pegasus spyware that was alleged to be used by multiple governments around the worl
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AASU Leader, NSCN-IM Members Among Potential Pegasus Targets: Report
All Assam Students Union (AASU) chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya was potentially targeted for surveillance in 2018-2019 using Israeli firm NSO's Pegasus software, news website The Wire reported on Wednesday.
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Apple Accused of Silencing Workers, Spying on Personal Devices
Apple faces new accusations in a lawsuit filed by an employee over unlawful surveillance of employees' personal devices and iCloud accounts, The employee has alleged the firm requires staff to install software on personal devices used for work that provides access to their personal data, and prohibits them from discussing wages and work conditions.
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Milestone Systems Launches First Experience Centre in India, Unveils AI-Powered Video Surveillance System
Milestone Systems, a Denmark-based video solutions company, has opened its first Experience Centre in India. This makes it the third such facility by the company to be opened in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The company also unveiled Milestone Kite, a Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS) software, which offers features such as visitor tracking...
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Mahua Moitra Writes To Lok Sabha Speaker Over Apple Security Alerts Received By Opposition MPs, Seeks Protection
This "illegal surveillance by the government" is the worst attack on fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution, the Krishnanagar MP said.
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WhatsApp Parent Meta Allowed to Pursue Lawsuit Against NSO Group for Installing Pegasus Malware
The USÂ Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms's WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents.
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Greek Government Rocked by Resignations Amid Long-Simmering Surveillance Scandal
Greece's intelligence chief and a close aide to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis resigned in the space of an hour on Friday, as the country's conservative government battles a surveillance scandal. While the government has consistently denied any state involvement, saying it had not bought software of that type, complaints from the opposition and...
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Thai Minister Backtracks on Spyware Admission as Government Denies Pegasus Use
Thai minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn on Friday sought to walk back remarks before parliament that authorities had used Pegasus spyware to monitor individuals, taking a U-turn on his admission just days earlier that surveillance software was actively being used.
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Thailand Admits to Using Phone Spyware Citing National Security, Amid Allegations of Pegasus Usage
Thailand on Tuesday admitted to the use of surveillance software to monitor individuals, in cases involving national security or drugs. Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn confirmed the use of spyware, but did not specify what programme was used, which government agency had access to the software, or which individuals w...
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Chinese Firms Use Artificial Intelligence Software for Surveillance Tools
Chinese firms have bought and used artificial intelligence software to sort through data collected on citizens. China's current system used law enforcement officials and other users to organise this data.
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EU to Probe 'Political' Use of Pegasus Spyware in Member Countries
European Union lawmakers have voted in an overwhelming majority in favour of probing the use of Pegasus surveillance software by member countries, especially Hungry and Poland.
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iPhone Flaw Exploited by Pegasus Spyware Said to Be Simultaneously Abused by Second Israeli Spy Firm
A flaw in Apple's software exploited by Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group to break into iPhone handsets in 2021 was simultaneously abused by a competing company, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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NSO Group: Polish Leader Admits Country Bought Powerful Israeli Spyware
Poland's most powerful politician has acknowledged that the country bought advanced spyware from the Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group but denied that it was being used to target his political opponents.
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Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Blacklisted by US Following Surveillance Scandal
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.
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Pegasus Snooping Case Highlights: Supreme Court Forms Probe Panel
The Supreme Court  appointed a committee of experts to inquire into the alleged use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for surveillance of Indian citizens.
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"Working In Full Transparency With Israel": Pegasus Maker On Raids
Israeli government agencies on Wednesday carried "inspection" on surveillance software vendor NSO Group "to examine" security breach allegations against the company's Pegasus spyware that was alleged to be used by multiple governments around the worl
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AASU Leader, NSCN-IM Members Among Potential Pegasus Targets: Report
All Assam Students Union (AASU) chief adviser Samujjal Bhattacharya was potentially targeted for surveillance in 2018-2019 using Israeli firm NSO's Pegasus software, news website The Wire reported on Wednesday.
