Will SC conduct further inquiry, asks Surjewala after Pegasus spyware case verdict in USRandeep Surjewala demanded answers from the Modi government and further inquiry by the Supreme Court following a US court verdict holding N...
22 Dec, 2024, 02.55 PM IST
300 WhatsApp numbers of Indians were spied on: Randeep Surjewala responds to Pegasus verdict; Here's what it saidA US court ruled that NSO Group illegally used a WhatsApp vulnerability to install Pegasus spyware, rejecting NSO's immunity claim. The cas...
22 Dec, 2024, 10.23 AM IST
US judge finds Israel's NSO Group liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuitA U.S. judge ruled against NSO Group in a lawsuit filed by WhatsApp, accusing the Israeli spyware firm of exploiting a bug to install surve...
21 Dec, 2024, 08.11 AM IST
US Supreme Court lets Meta's WhatsApp pursue 'Pegasus' spyware suitThe justices turned away NSO's appeal of a lower court's decision that the lawsuit could move forward. NSO had argued that it is immune fro...
10 Jan, 2023, 12.00 AM IST
US Supreme Court seeks Joe Biden's views on WhatsApp 'Pegasus' spyware disputeThe justices are considering NSO's appeal of a lower court's decision allowing the lawsuit to move forward. NSO has argued that it is immun...
06 Jun, 2022, 08.40 PM IST
Facebook can pursue malware lawsuit against NSO Group: US CourtFacebook had in October 2019 sued NSO Group for an injunction and damages, accusing it of accessing WhatsApp servers without permission to ...
09 Nov, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
SC orders comprehensive probe into Pegasus snooping rowThe verdict, penned by CJI N V Ramana, assumes significance since it declined the government's proposal to set up an inquiry on its own int...
27 Oct, 2021, 10.34 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: What is Pegasus spyware and how it worksThe Pegasus spyware, developed by Israeli software company NSO Group, has targeted globally more than 50,000 phone numbers, including 300 i...
21 Jul, 2021, 11.45 AM IST
The Pegasus spyware: All you need to knowThe spyware leaves no trace on the device, consumes minimal battery, memory and data consumption and comes with a self-destruct option that...
19 Jul, 2021, 09.08 AM IST
Govt did not engage Pegasus for snooping on individual targets: Ravi Shankar PrasadAccording to reports over 120 Indians, including human right activists and other critics of the government, have been targeted as part of t...
16 Dec, 2019, 11.04 PM IST
India views its privacy seriously, data imperialism not acceptable: Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad emphasised that any data protection law must be technology agnostic, based upon element of free consent, no abuse of consent beyond ...
06 Nov, 2019, 03.28 PM IST
Congress claims WhatsApp alerted Priyanka Gandhi about possible hacking of phone"I want to tell that Priyanka Gandhi also received a similar message from WhatsApp around the same time," Congress spokesperson Randeep Sur...
04 Nov, 2019, 08.39 AM IST
Was BJP Govt spying on citizens, political leaders ahead of 2019 elections, asks CongressCongress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked whether those sitting in the echelons of power are guilty of criminal offences and whet...
03 Nov, 2019, 04.56 PM IST
WhatsApp says alerted govt of spyware attack in September too; IT Min says past info was inadequateWhatsApp had said it is suing NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, that is reportedly behind the technology that helped unnamed entitie...
03 Nov, 2019, 03.42 PM IST
Pegasus may have spread its tentacles into several appsCybersecurity firms have in the past found the Pegasus software in both the Apple and Android operating systems. WhatsApp said the number o...
02 Nov, 2019, 09.50 AM IST
MHA denies government bought PegasusMinistry’s reply to RTI query implies that it has not bought the Israeli sypware Pegasus.
01 Nov, 2019, 01.25 PM IST
Pegasus: A spyware that leaves no traceThe Israeli technology firm that developed Pegasus reveals the extent to which the spyware can collect data.
01 Nov, 2019, 12.32 PM IST