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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Israeli citizens targeted by police using pegasus spyware report claims - You Need To See This

A smartphone shows the website of Israel's NSO Group, which features  the controversial Pegasus spyware.
A smartphone shows the website of Israel's NSO Group, which features the controversial Pegasus spyware. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

The Israeli police allegedly conducted warrantless phone intercepts of Israeli citizens, including politicians and activists, using the NSO group’s controversial Pegasus spyware, according to an investigation by the Israeli business media site Calcalist.

Among those described as having been targets in the report were local mayors, leaders of political protests against the former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and former government employees.

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