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Jul 22, 2021 · Given that the group has sold its spyware to a reported 40 countries, including some with poor records of corruption and human rights violations, it’s alleged that Pegasus has been...
Oct 25, 2023 · The spyware industry has a long history in the EU— with companies like Italy’s Hacking Team and Germany’s FinFisher blazing the way by selling software designed to tap into personal devices.
- Antoaneta Roussi
Oct 22, 2024 · The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) and the Royal Institute of International Affairs (aka Chatham House) have both published research that analyzed the use and misuse of spyware, hack-for-hire services and other cyber intrusion tools. They identified a range of ‘non-state proliferating factors’ (NPFs ...
Mar 14, 2023 · The global spyware and digital forensics market continues to expand; governments display an unceasing appetite to acquire intrusive surveillance instruments that are doing irreparable harm to the rights to privacy and freedom of expression and opinion.
Jan 7, 2022 · In the summer of 2021, the news broke that governments across the world used the Israeli NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to spy on human rights activists, journalists, political dissidents, and even heads of state.
Aug 25, 2023 · Years of public revelations have spotlighted a shadowy set of spyware companies selling and servicing deeply intrusive surveillance technologies that are used against journalists, activists, lawyers, politicians, diplomats, and others.
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May 8, 2023 · MEPs condemn spyware abuses that aim to intimidate political opposition, silence critical media and manipulate elections. They note that EU governance structures cannot effectively deal with such attacks and say reforms are needed.
