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Amnesty International, the Forensic Architecture and the Citizen Lab recently launched a database documenting attacks against human rights defenders using the spyware Pegasus.
About
Pegasus is spyware that can be installed on devices running some versions of iOS, Apple etc.
It was developed by the Israeli cyberarms firm NSO Group.
Pegasus is capable of reading text messages, tracking calls, collecting passwords, mobile phone tracking, accessing the target device's microphone(s) and video camera(s), and gathering information from apps.
The Database
The interactive platform – ‘Digital Violence: How the NSO Group Enables State Terror’ – illustrates the connection between Pegasus spyware and the real-world harm attorneys, activists and others face as a result.
Pegasus spyware, has been used in some of its ‘most sinister campaigns’ across the world.