Investigation: The UAE used Pegasus software against Boris Johnson
According to a new investigation into the use of Israeli spyware, on July 7, 2020, Pegasus was used to hack into a phone that was connected to the network of 10 Downing Street. The order to break into the phone came from the UAE government.
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18/04/2022
Monday, 18 April 2022, 17:09 Updated: 17:15
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Extensive investigation into the use of Israeli Pegasus spyware by governments around the world has revealed that an official working at 10 Downing Street, under British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was among the people whose phone was hacked, the Daily Beast website reported. new Yorker".
According to an investigation by journalist Ronen Farrow in The New Yorker, published today (Monday), on July 7, 2020, the software was used to
hack into a phone that was connected to the Downing 10. network.
British cyber officers checked Johnson's phone and confirmed that it was clean - and it was unclear who the hacked phone belonged to.
"When we discovered the case at Downing 10, I was amazed," said John Scott Rayilton, a senior researcher at Citizen Love, which monitors the use of Pegasus software.
The Israeli company NSO has since blocked the use of the software against American and British phone numbers, but according to Farrow's research, it is still used against activists and officials around the world.
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