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NSO’s Pegasus used to target Khashoggi’s wife before his murder, claims WashPost
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In this October 2, 2019, photo, a Turkish police officer walks past a picture of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
The Washington Post reports that the Israeli firm NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was placed on the cellphone of the wife of Jamal Khashoggi months before he was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
According to the report, the spyware was placed on Hanan Elatr’s phone after she was questioned by security agents at the Dubai airport months before Khashoggi was killed and his body dismembered. The Citizen Lab research group says that the spying was carried out by a United Arab Emirates customer.
NSO has claimed that its spyware was never used to attack the phones of Khashoggi or Elatr before the killing of the prominent Saudi critic.
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