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Ayelet Shaked attends International Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony in memory of Holocaust survivor Meir Grant, in Herzliya, January 27, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 15, 2025, 2:16 am
Report: Iran hacked former justice minister Shaked’s phone during 12-day June war
Hackers succeeded in getting ex-Yamina party leader to click a link that gave them access to her Telegram account, though, it was said to not have contained anything of interest
By ToI Staff
National Security Adviser Michael Waltz looks at his phone as he prepares for a TV interview at the White House on May 1, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP)
May 21, 2025, 3:01 pm
Messages from dozens of US officials found in leaked breach of Israel-founded app
Review finds texts from over 60 government employees in hack of TeleMessage public records compliance service after ex-Trump adviser Waltz spotted checking messages via application
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: The offices of Israeli company Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, in Petah Tikva, March 24, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP)
December 16, 2024, 5:00 pm
Serbia used Israeli phone-hacking tool to enable spy campaign – Amnesty report
Rights group says Belgrade officials installed Serbian spyware on phones of dozens of journalists and activists, after unlocking them with software from Israeli firm Cellebrite
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A person holding a smartphone showing the NSO Group Technologies website next to a screen with the company's logo (T. Schneider/Shutterstock.com)
February 1, 2024, 2:59 pm
At least 30 phones of journalists, activists hacked in Jordan with Israeli tech
Forensic probe finds infiltrations were done with NSO’s Pegasus spyware; Jordanian government not named in report, but activists say Amman most likely culprit
By Frank Bajak
A photo released by Israel Police urging Israelis not to answer WhatsApp calls from unknown foreign numbers, October 27, 2023. (Israel Police)
October 28, 2023, 2:18 am
Police: Don’t answer calls from unknown foreign numbers amid potential hack attempt
Authorities say calls flooding Israelis’ phones over past day appear designed to cause panic, possibly hack WhatsApp accounts
By ToI Staff
Yesh Atid party head MK Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset plenum, July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2023, 3:12 pm
Shin Bet investigating after 15 Yesh Atid MKs briefly blocked from WhatsApp
Opposition leader Yair Lapid among those affected; security service looking at incident amid fears lawmakers phones were hacked
By ToI Staff
The NSO Group logo is seen on a smartphone placed on a laptop keyboard. (Mundissima/Alamy)
April 18, 2023, 8:07 pm
Mexico continues to target activists with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware — NY Times
Citizen Lab watchdog group says country is most prolific user of tool; publishes new insights into NSO Group’s updated targeting of iPhones
By ToI Staff
A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo in the Israeli city of Netanya on February 9, 2022. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
April 3, 2023, 8:14 pm
NYT: US obtained hacking tool in 2021 from NSO group after it was blacklisted
Biden administration secretly signed deal for phone tracking software, despite campaign against NSO group; White House officials claim they’re unaware of agreement
By ToI Staff and AP
Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, listens as the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2022. (Susan Walsh/AP)
December 31, 2022, 6:09 pm
US lawmakers demand info from DEA, FBI on use of Israeli spyware
Adam Schiff, Ron Wyden express concern over agencies’ use of remote hacking tools, say American public deserves details on the scope of their deployment
By ToI Staff
In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 file photo, police officers walk among packages of seized cocaine at the Pacific port of Buenaventura, Colombia, after about one ton of cocaine was seized in a container during an operation by counternarcotics police at the port. (AP/Fernando Vergara)
December 8, 2022, 8:42 pm
US anti-drug agency using Israeli spyware, but Biden looking to crack down — report
Paragon’s Graphite phone-hacking software targets data backed up to cloud; officials say it is only being used outside of United States against drug cartels
By ToI Staff
An Illustration of a man holding his phone with an NSO Group logo with a computer screen in the background, in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 13, 2022, 8:42 am
FBI came close to deploying NSO’s spyware, may use similar tools in future – report
New York Times says officials from US agency pushed for use of controversial Israel-made tech before shelving plans amid negative publicity
By ToI Staff
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends the World Economic Forum on Africa Summit in Cape Town, South Africa, Sept 4, 2019. (AP Photo)
August 17, 2022, 2:52 pm
Rights groups ask Defense Ministry to stop sales of phone hacking tool to Uganda
Human rights activists urge that Cellebrite be barred from providing its equipment to Kampala regime, claiming it is used to suppress dissidents and LGBT community
By ToI Staff
Greece's then-intelligence chief Panagiotis Kontoleon at Greece's parliament in Athens, July 29, 2022. (Yiannis Panaagopoulos/Eurokinissi/AFP)
August 7, 2022, 1:52 pm
Greek intel chief, PM’s aide quit over alleged use of Israeli-developed spyware
Head of EYP acknowledges management ‘errors,’ but government denies claims it used Predator malware to spy on journalists, opposition
By Helene Colliopoulou
Illustrative: A man holds a phone with the NSO Group logo (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
August 1, 2022, 8:01 pm
Probe finds Israel Police did not unlawfully hack phones of politicians, activists
Justice Ministry investigation dismisses most allegations, but says police exceeded authority by extracting information from hacked phones that was not covered by cyber warrants
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative: A man holds a phone with the NSO Group logo (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 11, 2022, 12:00 am
Report: Israel pushing US to remove scandal-ridden NSO Group from blacklist
After initially refusing to assist controversial Israeli spyware firm, Jerusalem said lobbying Biden administration on its behalf, arguing it should be given chance to reform
By ToI Staff
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