Following the Calcalist investigation, according to which NSO's Pegasus spyware was used on mobile devices of various parties in Netanyahu's cases, the prosecutor's office today (Sunday) asked the court to extend the investigation into the matter until next Wednesday, February 16.
The State Attorney's Office announced today that "in recent weeks, the Israel Police has conducted comprehensive, technological and other inspections, in relation to all the factors investigated in the investigation files related to the investigation files known as Case 1000, 2000 and 4000, and examined whether wiretapping orders were issued or requested. Beyond the orders contained in the investigation materials;
We will also check whether actions have been taken against the telephone numbers belonging to all those parties. "
The State Attorney's Office stated that about 1,500 telephone numbers had been examined, both with regard to "normal" wiretapping activity and with regard to the use of advanced technologies.
"According to the information provided by the competent bodies of the Israel Police, the inspections revealed that no actions were taken regarding persons whose case was not issued, and that there are no additional investigative materials in the case, except for materials related to Israeli police methods and means," the State Attorney's Office noted.
The announcement also clarified that as part of an investigation by the Securities Authority's Investigations, Intelligence and Trade Control Department, it was found that "the Authority did not make any use of spyware, directly or indirectly through the Israel Police, in its investigation files, including this file."
All this, in parallel with an investigation carried out by a team headed by the Deputy Attorney General, Adv. Amit Merri, with the assistance of technology experts on information uploaded as part of journalistic investigations into the use of NSO software.
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