The Pegasus Project: leaked list of surveillance targets
Alleged: Reported or claimed; not established in the public record.
A reporting consortium analysed a list of more than 50,000 phone numbers it believed had been selected by clients of the spyware firm NSO Group as people of interest since 2016. NSO strongly denies the claims.
Confirmed
Amnesty examined 67 phones: 23 were infected, 14 showed signs of an attempted attack and 30 were inconclusive. The Guardian stressed that a number's presence on the list does not show a device was infected or targeted.
Claimed, disputed or not established
The consortium "believes" the list shows targets chosen in advance by NSO's government clients; NSO denies the claims. That link is the consortium's inference.
Reported impact
Governments and courts opened inquiries in several countries; see the related case files on this site.
Sources (opened in a new tab)
- The Guardian: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon ↗https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/revealed-leak-uncovers-global-abuse-of-cyber-surveillance-weapon-nso-group-pegasus
- OCCRP: NSO Group responds ↗https://www.occrp.org/en/project/the-pegasus-project/nso-group-responds
Connected
- Related case files: Pegasus Project and the NSO Group · India’s Supreme Court committee on Pegasus
- Related leaks: Intellexa Leaks: Predator spyware operations · Hacking Team breach
- Case board · Timeline (2021) · Document vault · How we verify leaks
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