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Israeli inquiry finds no indication police used spyware unlawfully
Source: BBC
Israeli inquiry finds no indication police used spyware unlawfully
22 February 2022
An inquiry has found "no indications" that Israeli police used NSO Group's Pegasus spyware to hack the phones of public figures without authorisation.
The newspaper Calcalist reported that officials, protesters, journalists and a son of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were among those targeted.
But the deputy attorney general found no evidence to support the claims.
Internal Security Minister Omer Barlev welcomed what he called "a resounding acquittal" for the police force.
NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm that developed the Pegasus software, said it hoped the inquiry's conclusions would "result in reporting that no longer relies upon misinformation and political organisations issuing biased and prejudiced reports", according to the Associated Press.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-60478131
22 February 2022
An inquiry has found "no indications" that Israeli police used NSO Group's Pegasus spyware to hack the phones of public figures without authorisation.
The newspaper Calcalist reported that officials, protesters, journalists and a son of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were among those targeted.
But the deputy attorney general found no evidence to support the claims.
Internal Security Minister Omer Barlev welcomed what he called "a resounding acquittal" for the police force.
NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm that developed the Pegasus software, said it hoped the inquiry's conclusions would "result in reporting that no longer relies upon misinformation and political organisations issuing biased and prejudiced reports", according to the Associated Press.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-60478131