Israel ‘creating task force’ to manage response to Pegasus spyware claims

Probe reveals French leader Macron was targeted by Moroccans, Dubai princesses tagged, Mexican investigator says NSO was paid kickbacks by lawmakers

Israel ‘creating task force’ to manage response to Pegasus project (Guardian)
Government team to investigate ‘policy changes’ on cyber exports following NSO revelations, according to Israeli media

Two princesses fled the ruler of Dubai; then they were tagged as potential NSO spyware targets (Haaretz)
Princess Latifa fled her father, the emir of Dubai, in 2018; Princess Haya, one of his wives and half-sister to the Jordanian king, left him too. Both were selected as potential NSO targets, Washington Post report says

France’s Macron tapped as target for NSO spyware by Moroccans, investigation reveals (Haaretz)
Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based journalism nonprofit, and Amnesty International had access to a leak of more than 50,000 records of phone numbers that NSO clients selected for surveillance

Mexico says NSO seemingly paid kickbacks for $US300 million in spyware deals (Times of Israel)
Top anti-money laundering investigator finds bills for Pegasus and other software from Israeli firm included excess charges which may have been funnelled back into lawmakers pockets

Denying mass spying claims, NSO says it’s victim of ‘an orchestrated campaign’ (Times of Israel)
Israeli firm in spyware scandal says it won’t be responding further to ‘false allegations’ its surveillance was used on world leaders and hundreds of journalists