{"id":41126,"date":"2023-12-29T00:36:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T00:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/india-targeting-high-profile-journalists-with-spyware-amnesty\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T00:36:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T00:36:18","slug":"india-targeting-high-profile-journalists-with-spyware-amnesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/india-targeting-high-profile-journalists-with-spyware-amnesty\/","title":{"rendered":"India targeting high-profile journalists with spyware: Amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>India\u2019s government has recently targeted high-profile journalists with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1574108\">Pegasus spyware<\/a>, Amnesty International and <em>The Washington Post<\/em> said in a joint investigation <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/12\/27\/india-apple-iphone-hacking\/\">published<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Israeli firm NSO Group and sold to governments around the world, Pegasus software can be used to access a phone\u2019s messages and emails, peruse photos, eavesdrop on calls, track locations and even film the owner with the camera.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty said journalists Siddharth Varadarajan of <em>The Wire<\/em> and Anand Mangnale of The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project had been targeted with the spyware on their iPhones, with the latest identified case occurring in October.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1719237\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur latest findings show that increasingly, journalists in India face the threat of unlawful surveillance simply for doing their jobs, alongside other tools of repression including imprisonment under draconian laws, smear campaigns, harassment, and intimidation,\u201d said Donncha O Cearbhaill, Head of Amnesty International\u2019s Security Lab.<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s government did not immediately respond, but it denied similar accusations in 2021 that it used Pegasus spyware to surveil political opponents, activists and journalists.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1636310\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Indian media reported last month that the country\u2019s cyber security unit was investigating allegations by opposition politicians of attempted phone tapping after they reported receiving Apple iPhone warnings of \u201cstate-sponsored attackers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In that case, Ashwini Vaishnaw, the information and technology minister, said the government was \u201cconcerned\u201d by the complaints.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s government has recently targeted high-profile journalists with Pegasus spyware, Amnesty International and The Washington Post said in a joint investigation published on Thursday. 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