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Saudi Arabia said to use Israeli spyware to track dissident
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Saudi government allegedly used Israeli phone-hacking technology to spy on an outspoken dissident and political activist, according to a Monday report.
The Herzliya-based NSO Group developed the controversial Pegasus spyware program, which turns smartphones into listening devices.
Toronto-based Citizen Lab says it has “high confidence” that the Israeli technology was used to spy on 27-year-old Omar Abdulaziz, an outspoken Saudi dissident who sought asylum in Canada.
The NSO Group has insisted in the past that it sells its software to clients on the condition that it be used only against crime and terrorism, and has denied it bears responsibility in cases where it was allegedly used for civil rights abuses by governments.
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