NSO has said that it is considering filing a defamation suit. (Representative)
New Delhi:
Israeli surveillance firm NSO, which sells spyware Pegasus, has dismissed reports from The Wire and other publications that phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders and journalists have been found on the database of hacking targets. As The Wire reports, the leaked database was accessed by Paris-based media non-profits Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International and shared with multiple publications.
Here is the full statement from NSO:
The Forbidden Stories report is replete with misconceptions and unconfirmed theories that raise serious doubts about the credibility and interests of the sources. “Unknown sources” seem to have provided information that has no factual basis and is far from reality.
After examining their claims, we strongly refute the false allegations made in their report. His sources have provided him with information that has no factual basis, as evidenced by the lack of supporting documentation for many of his claims.
In fact, these allegations are so outrageous and so far from reality that NSO is considering a defamation suit.
NSO Group has good reason to believe that claims for Forbidden Stories by anonymous sources are based on misleading interpretation of data from accessible and clear basic information such as HLR lookup services that have no relation to the list. Customers aim for Pegasus or any other NSO products. Such services are openly available to anyone, anywhere, and anytime, and are commonly used by government agencies for a range of purposes, as well as by private companies around the world.
The claim that data was leaked from our servers is completely false and ridiculous, as such data never existed on any of our servers.
As stated by NSO before, our technology was in no way connected with the heinous murder of Jamal Khashoggi. We can confirm that our technology was not used to listen to, monitor, track or collect information about him or his family members mentioned in the inquiry. We had earlier investigated this claim, which is again being made without verification.
We would like to emphasize that NSO only sells its technology to law enforcement and intelligence agencies of investigated governments for the sole purpose of saving lives through preventing crime and terrorist acts. NSO does not operate the system and there is no visibility of the data.
Our technologies are used to break pedophilia rings, sex and drug-trafficking rings, locate missing and kidnapped children, locate survivors trapped under collapsed buildings, and protect airspace against disruptive entry by dangerous drones. is being done for. Simply put, NSO Group is on a life saving mission, and the company will carry out this mission with integrity, despite all the constant attempts to defame it on false grounds.
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