Police in Israel confess to using espionage programme to snoop on local activists, journalists and dissidents as allegations mount against the country's NSO Group that manufactures notorious Pegasus spyware
Police make no mention of NSO, indicating that surveillance products developed by other Israeli firms might be under scrutiny.
But on Tuesday, the police said an in-depth investigation had revealed that "new elements changed certain aspects of the matter". The statement indicated that surveillance products developed by other Israeli firms might be under scrutiny. NSO had no comment.Pegasus, a surveillance product that can switch on a phone's camera or microphone and harvest its data, has remained a source of global controversy following revelations last year it was used to spy on journalists and dissidents worldwide.
Israeli security forces have wide leeway to conduct surveillance within Israel with judicial approval.Mounting scrutiny over Pegasus
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