Newspaper claims businesspeople, politicians, activists and Netanyahu’s son were targeted by phone intercepts
Israel’s government has announced that it is setting up a state commission of inquiry after a newspaper alleged that police had used powerful Pegasus spyware against a wide range of public figures including politicians from the left and right, businessmen, officials and activists.
Pegasus, a mobile phone hacking tool made by Israel’s NSO Group, was used to “phish for intelligence even before any investigation had been opened against the targets, and without judicial warrants”, Calcalist newspaper said in an unsourced report.
