Citizen Lab: Pegasus has been discovered in the British Prime Minister’s office. The paths lead to the United Arab Emirates

“We confirm that in 2020 and 2021 we observed and reported to the UK Government several suspected cases of Pegasus infection on official UK networks. These include the Prime Minister’s Office (10 Downing Street) and Desk Citizen Lab Director Ron Diebert said in a statement on Monday that Foreign Affairs and the Commonwealth of Nations (currently the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Development) “.

Citizen Lab is a Canadian research center at the University of Toronto.

Diebert added that Pegasus’ injuries at the Office of Foreign Affairs are linked to operators of Citizen Lab’s links with the United Arab Emirates, India, Cyprus and Jordan. As for the chancellery of the Prime Minister of Great Britain, the attack was supposed to be in connection with an operator from the United Arab Emirates.

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The press release stressed that the British Foreign Office has staff in several countries and that suspicions of Pegasus use may be linked to devices by British officials. ± . limit and the use of foreign SIM cards.

Citizen Lab: Espionage operation against the Catalans

Citizen Lab, in consultation with Catalan civil society groups, also found that 65 people had been attacked or had spyware installed. In the case of 63 people, it is Pegasus, and in the case of four – the Candiru program. Two people’s computers might have been attacked or both programs were infected.

Another Pegasus case. This time in Israel. “Earthquake”

“The victims were members of the European Parliament, the presidents of Catalonia, lawmakers, lawyers, and members of civil society organizations. In some cases, devices of their family members were injured,” Citizen Lab’s press release said.

Almost all incidents occurred between 2017 and 2020, although the 2015 case was also found.

As has been emphasized, the offense cannot be attributed to anyone in particular, although “strong evidence points to a connection with the Spanish authorities”.

Winged horse. NSO Group Technologies

Pegasus is an advanced spyware program developed by the Israeli company NSO Group Technologies. It was founded in 2010 by former members of the Israeli Intelligence Corps.

The NSO Group declares that Pegasus was created “to assist government agencies in the investigation and prevention of terrorism and crime, to save thousands of lives worldwide.”

“NSO products are only used by government intelligence and law enforcement agencies to fight crime and terrorism,” the NSO Group reports.

Pegasus can destroy a victim’s life even after the surveillance is over

The problem is that – as a human rights organization like Amnesty International has pointed out – Pegasus is sometimes also used for surveillance, includingin. journalists Policyor opponents or human rights defenders.

Citizen Lab research center previously reported that in Poland, Pegasus victims were, among others KO State Senator Krzysztof Brejza, Prosecutor Ewa Wrzosek, Shepherd Roman Giertych and Agroonia leader, Michał Kołodziejczak.

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