New Delhi: NSO, the developer of Pegasus, the military-grade spyware from Israel, issued a statement Wednesday saying it would no longer entertain media inquiries. Pegasus has reportedly been used by several countries to spy on politicians, judiciary, officials, activists and journalists.
“Any claim that a name on the list necessarily belongs to a Pegasus target or a Pegasus potential target is false and false.”
NSO stated that “the recent planned and well-planned media campaign led by Forbidden Stories and pushed by special interest groups, and due to a complete disregard of the facts, NSO is announcing that it will no longer respond to media inquiries on the matter.” and it will not go with a vicious and blasphemous campaign”.
Since Sunday, the NSO has been denying that the leaked list, on which the media probe is based, pertains to potential surveillance targets.
“NSO is a technology company. We do not operate the system, nor do we have access to the data of our customers, yet they are obliged to provide such information to us under investigation”.
The company further said that it will thoroughly investigate any credible evidence of abuse of its technologies, as we always have, and will shut down the system where necessary.
“NSO will thoroughly investigate any credible evidence of abuse of its technologies, as we always have, and will shut down the system where necessary,” a spokesperson said.
“NSO will continue its mission of saving lives, helping governments around the world prevent terror attacks, breaking pedophilia, sex and drug-trafficking rings, locating missing and kidnapped children, under collapsed buildings Will trace stranded survivors, and protect airspace against disruptive entry from dangerous drones.”
The case of spying in India through the Israeli software Pegasus has made a lot of headlines. From the country’s cabinet ministers to opposition leaders, as well as many famous personalities, there have been allegations of phone tapping.
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