GENEVA (AN) — The reported uses of military-grade malware from Israel-based NSO Group to spy on rights activists, dissidents and journalists "seem to confirm some of the worst fears" about governments abusing their surveillance powers, the head of the U.N. human rights office warned on Monday.
An international alliance of journalists reported that governments attempted or successfully installed the cyber-surveillance company's Pegasus spyware for tracking terrorists and criminals on at least 37 smartphones, including the one owned by Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, four days after he was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
