Israel Police used NSO’s Pegasus spyware to hack the phones of public figures, including protest leaders, journalists, government employees and associates of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a report by Calcalist on Monday.
According to the report, the hacking tool was used without a court order and against Netanyahu’s son, Avner Netanyahu, co-defendant in his criminal trial Iris Elovitch, leaders of disability rights protests, journalists at Walla news website, businessman Rami Levy, mayors and senior officials in the Finance Ministry.
Netanyahu’s media advisers, Topaz Luk and Yonatan Urich have also been targeted, alongside Head of Workers’ Union Yair Katz.
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Source: Haartz.com