Jerusalem: Head of Israeli spyware firm NSO The group said on Tuesday it had sold a variant of it to the country’s police. Pegasus Hacking Tool Which can reach local cellphones, but which he described as “weak” compared to the export version.
Warrantless wiretaps reported by unsourced media reports last month israeli police using the Pegasus A domestic dimension was added to the long-running allegations that the tool was misused by foreign governments against journalists, rights activists and politicians.
Police have denied any wrongdoing. an inquiry appointed by the prime minister Naftali BennettWho consulted NSO’s client’s logs monitoring targetThe reports were found without merit.
NSO co-founder and chief executive Shalev Hulio told Tel Aviv radio station 103 FM that the Israeli police had bought “not Pegasus, but a system called ‘Saifan’ – in essence, a vulnerable version of Pegasus … with less capabilities.” with … , less means of operation”.
He did not elaborate.
Israeli media have reported that the hacking tool used by police is designed to allow real-time eavesdropping, while giving Pegasus access to past correspondence stored on cellphones. Reuters could not independently confirm this.
Hulio said NSO had shared its “audit trail logs” of Israelis targeted by police using the company’s spyware with government investigations. It explicitly acknowledged that “Safan” could hack Israeli cellphones – the NSO has long claimed that could not be done with Pegasus.
“Pegasus has a protective mechanism that prevents it from being used against Israeli numbers,” Hulio said. “Not every package sold to a customer abroad can in any way be used against Israeli numbers. That’s how Pegasus is built.”
NSO says all of its sales are approved by the Israeli government and are aimed at preventing terrorism and crime.
“Saphan” is Hebrew for gladiolus flower, avocet bird or fish with green swordtail.
Warrantless wiretaps reported by unsourced media reports last month israeli police using the Pegasus A domestic dimension was added to the long-running allegations that the tool was misused by foreign governments against journalists, rights activists and politicians.
Police have denied any wrongdoing. an inquiry appointed by the prime minister Naftali BennettWho consulted NSO’s client’s logs monitoring targetThe reports were found without merit.
NSO co-founder and chief executive Shalev Hulio told Tel Aviv radio station 103 FM that the Israeli police had bought “not Pegasus, but a system called ‘Saifan’ – in essence, a vulnerable version of Pegasus … with less capabilities.” with … , less means of operation”.
He did not elaborate.
Israeli media have reported that the hacking tool used by police is designed to allow real-time eavesdropping, while giving Pegasus access to past correspondence stored on cellphones. Reuters could not independently confirm this.
Hulio said NSO had shared its “audit trail logs” of Israelis targeted by police using the company’s spyware with government investigations. It explicitly acknowledged that “Safan” could hack Israeli cellphones – the NSO has long claimed that could not be done with Pegasus.
“Pegasus has a protective mechanism that prevents it from being used against Israeli numbers,” Hulio said. “Not every package sold to a customer abroad can in any way be used against Israeli numbers. That’s how Pegasus is built.”
NSO says all of its sales are approved by the Israeli government and are aimed at preventing terrorism and crime.
“Saphan” is Hebrew for gladiolus flower, avocet bird or fish with green swordtail.