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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
The phones of six Palestinian human rights activists and foreign ministry officials were hacked using Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, in the first known case of Palestinian activists being targeted by military-grade Pegasus spyware. Irish-based non-profit Frontline Defenders reported its findings in a joint technical report together with Amnesty International and the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab on Monday, independently confirming the results. A number of Palestinian Foreign Ministry employees whose identities have not yet been revealed were also victim to being hacked with spyw…