New Delhi: Israeli government agencies on Wednesday carried an “inspection” on surveillance software vendor NSO Group “to examine” security breach allegations against the company’s Pegasus spyware that was imagined to be employed by multiple governments round the world to pay attention to public figures and opposition leaders among others.
The “inspection” was announced during a tweet by the Israel Ministry of Defence’s official account. “Representatives from variety of bodies came to NSO today to look at the publications and allegations raised in its case,” the ministry said during a tweet in Hebrew.
NSO said that it had been confident that the inspection will prove the facts as declared by the corporate .
“We can confirm that representatives from the Israeli Ministry of Defense visited our offices. We welcome their inspection. the corporate is functioning fully transparency with the Israeli authorities. We are confident that this inspection will prove the facts are as declared repeatedly by the corporate against the false allegations made against us within the recent media attacks,” NSO said during a statement.
The developments come amid a search by France over allegations that President Emmanuel Macron and members of his government may are targeted using the NSO spyware software in 2019.
The alleged snooping came to light on July 18 when a consortium of 17 media organisations round the world published the investigation that the Israeli spyware was wont to extract messages, records calls and secretly activates microphones of public figures.
According to The Wire, the Indian media outlet a part of the international media consortium, phones of opposition leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Supreme Court judges, ministers, and journalists were among potential targets. The controversy has fuelled abrasive attacks on the govt by the opposition and brought parliament to a gridlock.
The Indian government has been dismissive about the scandal, rejecting involves a search into the utilization of the spyware available only
