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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

spyware

Italian Cabinet Minister Luca Ciriani, left back, speaks during Question Time in the Chamber of Deputies, in Rome, February 12, 2025. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
February 13, 2025, 2:45 pm
Italy denies spying on journalists, migrant activists using Israeli spyware
Rome says it will cooperate with probe into ‘vulnerabilities’ after at least 7 Italian cellphones apparently hacked with military-grade cyber surveillance tech Paragon
By Nicole Winfield and Paolo Santalucia
A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
January 31, 2025, 7:00 pm
WhatsApp says Israeli spyware company Paragon targeted scores of users
Company official says it sent cease-and-desist letter following hack; Israeli firm declines to respond to allegation
By Reuters
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)
December 21, 2024, 6:57 pm
US judge finds Israeli spyware firm NSO liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit
‘We’re proud to have stood up against NSO,’ says WhatsApp head; expert says ruling ‘makes it clear that NSO Group is in fact responsible for breaking numerous laws’
By Reuters
A person types on a laptop keyboard, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola/File)
December 16, 2024, 10:01 pm
US private equity firm said to bid for Israeli spyware maker Paragon
Paragon’s Graphite phone-hacking software targets data backed up to the cloud; is deployed by government bodies in the US and Israel; firm is backed by former premier Ehud Barak
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: NSO Group logo seen on a smartphone in front of a laptop showing hacking code. (Shutterstock)
November 10, 2024, 11:36 pm
Ministers support legislation allowing police to secretly access suspects’ computers
Otzma Yehudit-backed bill written so as to prevent law enforcement from using spyware tools against politicians suspected of corruption
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on March 19, 2024. At left is National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and at right is committee chairman Yuli Edelstein. (Screenshot/GPO)
November 10, 2024, 9:48 pm
Bill calling for national security strategy gets ministerial committee backing
High-level body also gives the nod to extension of law blocking Al Jazeera and expansion of police surveillance of criminal suspects’ computers
By Sam Sokol
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro addresses the the Summit of the Future at the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, September 23, 2024. (Richard Drew/AP)
September 24, 2024, 8:56 am
Anti-money laundering group suspends Colombia after president’s Israeli spyware claims
Egmont Group says Gustavo Petro shared confidential information about previous government’s alleged purchase and use of Pegasus software
By AP and ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara in a composite image. (Flash90)
September 17, 2024, 1:31 pm
AG asks court to end government inquiry into allegations of police spyware abuse
Chief concern is that the commission is being used as a platform to discredit the handling of aspects of Netanyahu’s criminal investigation
By Jeremy Sharon
A screenshot from a 2019 Forbes profile of Tal Dilian, founder of the Intellexa Consortium, sanctioned by the US. (Screenshot from YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 5, 2024, 10:04 pm
US sanctions spyware firm, Israeli founder for tech targeting journalists, officials
Treasury raps Intellexa Consortium, founded in 2019 by Tal Dilian, over Predator software that allows unauthorized extraction of data
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
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
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert arrives for a court hearing related to the Netanyahu family lawsuit against him, at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on June 12, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 6, 2023, 11:48 am
Former PM Olmert worked for blacklisted Israeli company behind attack spyware
Ex-premier acknowledges having performed ambiguous advisory work for Intellexa, one of the firms behind Predator, but says he recently stopped
By ToI Staff
File - Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives to casts her ballot for the head of the Israel Bar Association at a voting station in Tel Aviv on June 20, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 1, 2023, 6:35 pm
Attorney general rejects Levin’s ‘conflict of interest’ allegation in spyware inquiry
Gali Baharav-Miara’s office nevertheless approves justice minister’s request to retain his own attorney ahead of panel hearings investigating law enforcement’s hacking of phones
By Jeremy Sharon
Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai, second right, arrives at the scene where five family members were shot to death in the northern Israeli Bedouin town of Basmat Tab’un, September 27, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
September 28, 2023, 11:07 am
AG approves use of Pegasus phone spyware in probe of shooting that killed 5
But Baharav-Miara does not allow use of controversial spying tool to extract data remotely from devices as police probe suspected gangland slayings
By ToI Staff
Former Egyptian lawmaker and opposition figure Ahmed Altantawy. (Screenshot: YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 24, 2023, 4:49 am
Researchers discover bid to target top Egyptian opposition figure with spyware
Ahmed Altantawy said targeted with Israeli-linked Predator tool; discovery prompts Apple to rush out OS updates for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple Watches to patch vulnerabilities
By Frank Bajak
iPhone 14s on display at an Apple Store at The Grove in Los Angeles, Sept. 16, 2022 (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
September 8, 2023, 4:53 pm
Apple releases major security update to counter Israeli firm NSO’s Pegasus spyware
Researchers say newly discovered system flaw is being ‘actively exploited’ to deliver malware onto iPhones and iPads; recommend all users immediately update devices
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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