In the video: The deputy to the ombudsman for criminal justice refers to the report of the NSO case (photo: Ministry of Justice spokeswoman)
The investigation unit at the Ministry of Defense (in charge of security in the defense system), in cooperation with the Defense Export Control Division (AFI) in the Ministry of Defense, is conducting an investigation against the cyber company "NFV Systems Ltd", on suspicion of violations of the Defense Export Control Law, Violations of the Customs Ordinance as well as obtaining something by fraud - this is what the Ministry of Defense announced today (Tuesday).
According to the suspicion, the company marketed and exported, on several different occasions, to several countries, a cyber product subject to supervision.
All this is against the law and without obtaining licenses from the Ministry of Defense.
As part of the investigation, officials in the company were questioned and various investigative actions were carried out.
The offices of NSO (Photo: Reuters)
In July 2021, it was revealed that the Pegasus spy software of the Israeli company NSO was used to monitor journalists, protest activists, and country leaders around the world on a huge scale.
The extensive investigation was published by the French organization Forbidden Stories, which brings together world media.
The investigation revealed a huge leak of more than 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets.
Among the numbers who appeared were heads of state, human rights activists and journalists - including those of family members of Saudi dissident journalist who was murdered in 2018, Jamal Khashoggi.
The investigation was led by Amnesty International alongside Forbidden Stories who established the "Pegasus Project", a collaboration of more than 80 journalists from 17 media outlets in 10 countries, including the British Guardian, the French Le Monde, the German Süddeutsche Zeitung and the American Washington Post.
"Project Pegasus reveals how NSO-produced spyware is used as a weapon of choice by repressive governments seeking to silence journalists, attack activists and crush protests, while putting the lives of countless people at risk," said Anies Kalmar, Secretary General of Amnesty International.
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A report on the Pegasus affair in the Washington Post (photo: screenshot, -)
The NSO claimed that the reports of media outlets that are members of the organization are based on "wrong assumptions" and "unfounded theories", and emphasized that the company fulfills a "mission to save lives".
As part of the investigation, so far at least 180 journalists in 21 countries have been identified as potential targets of Pegasus produced by NSO in the last five years.
In Mexico, the phone of journalist Cecilio Pineda was marked as a target just weeks before his murder in 2017. In addition, the project identified at least 25 Mexican journalists who were marked as targets over a two-year period.
NSO has denied involvement in his death, even if his phone was tagged and if information was collected from it.
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