The commissioner instructed to stop the use of spyware "until a thorough investigation"
Saturn instructed to stop the use of technologies, except "in exceptional cases of life-threatening danger only".
The commissioner told his associates that "he will not hesitate to deal with the full severity of the law" if the police did track civilians using NSO's cyber software
Shlomi Heller
07/02/2022
Monday, 07 February 2022, 19:32 Updated: 19:46
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In the video: Bennett Lapid and Lieberman refer to the NSO affair (Photo: GPO and Knesset Channel)
Commissioner Kobi Shabtai this evening (Monday) ordered the cessation of the use of spyware "until a thorough investigation" of the affair, according to which the police tracked through NSO's "Pegasus" software against many senior officials and citizens. Only. "
To his associates, Saturn said that he" will not allow harm to the citizens of Israel, and if there was such even if years ago and before he took office he will not hesitate to deal with it with the full severity of the law. "
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"It will not allow harm to Israeli citizens."
Saturn (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Earlier today, Saturn ordered the Investigations and Intelligence Division to immediately check the list of surveillance published this morning in Calcalist.
This, after he turned to the Minister of Internal Security, Amar Bar-Lev, to order the establishment of an external investigation committee headed by a judge.
According to Calcalist's exposure, the police hung up the spyware without opening an investigation and without legal approval.
Among those "infected" with the software are Walla! Journalist, former Walla! CEO Ilan Yeshua and former editor-in-chief Aviram Elad, Stella Handler, former CEO of Bezeq, Iris Alovich, the spouse of the former controlling shareholder in Bezeq, former CEOs of the Ministry of Finance Turner and Shai in the Av Beit Din, businessman Rami Levy, Amy Palmor, former director general of the Ministry of Justice, Yair Katz, chairman of the IAI Workers' Committee and son of MK Haim Katz, former directorates of the Ministry of Communications, Avi Berger and Shlomo Pilber, Dudu Mizrahi Bezeq CEO Avner Netanyahu, son of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu's advisers Yonatan Orich and Topaz Lok, Yoram Simhon, mayor of Mevaseret Zion, Miriam Feierberg, mayor of Netanya, Moti Sasson, mayor of Holon and Yaakov Peretz, mayor of Kiryat Ata.
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