Cybersecurity
NSO Spyware Used to Target Prominent Armenians, Researchers Say
- Victims include a UN official, journalists and academics
- ‘This kind of action should not be common,’ victim says
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Hacking tools sold by the Israeli company NSO Group were used to wage a two-year campaign against a dozen prominent figures in Armenia, including a United Nations official, journalists, academics, a government spokesperson and human rights advocates, according to researchers.
The findings provide the first documented evidence of NSO’s Pegasus spyware being used in the context of an international war, according to a new report published on Thursday, which was jointly produced by groups including Access Now, Amnesty International, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, and Armenia’s CyberHUB-AM.