Amnesty International is supporting a legal action to take the Israeli Ministry of Defence (MoD) to court, to demand that it revokes the export license of NSO Group, an Israeli company whose spyware products have been used in chilling attacks on human rights defenders around the world. In a petition to be filed tomorrow at…
Novalpina Capital CC: NSO Group, Francisco Partners …… UPDATE 24 May 2019 Statement in response to Novalpina Capital’s letter of 15 May 2019 To: Stephen Peel Cc: Stefan Kowski, Bastian Lueken, Shalev Hulio, Vivek Krishnamurthy, Foley Hoag LLP We acknowledge receipt of Novalpina Capital’s letter of 15 May 2019. A number of significant issues remain…
Novalpina Capital CC: NSO Group, Francisco Partners …… February 18, 2019 We, the undersigned organizations, release this open letter to Novalpina Capital regarding the recent announcement of the buyout of NSO Group from Francisco Partners. We call on Novalpina Capital to publicly address our serious concerns regarding accountability for NSO Group’s involvement in previously documented…
Amnesty International is taking legal advice in order to revoke the export licence of Israeli-based NSO Group, after it was revealed the cyber firm’s spyware had been used in an attempt to spy on an Amnesty staff member. A recent investigation by Haaretz newspaper uncovered the firm’s sophisticated surveillance tool “Pegasus” was offered to authorities…
By Danna Ingleton, Research and Policy Advisor at Amnesty International Last month one of my colleagues at Amnesty International received a suspicious WhatsApp message. It came from a number they didn’t recognize, and contained details about a protest supposedly taking place at the Saudi embassy in Washington DC. At the time, Amnesty International was vocally…
Responding to a Forbidden Stories-led investigation, supported by the Amnesty International’s Security Lab, on the government of Israel’s attempts to sway WhatsApp’s ongoing US lawsuit against spyware firm NSO Group, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of the Security Lab at Amnesty International, said: “These revelations raise critical concerns about Israel’s regulatory oversight and the impartiality of…
by Rebecca White “The only way to counter repression is by revealing it. And yes, there is always that possibility that I will go back to jail. But if [activists] do not talk, who will?” This quote is taken from a short film of Ahmed Mansoor back in 2015. A prominent Emirati human rights defender…
Activists in Togo risk being targeted by shadowy cyber-mercenaries who use covert digital attacks to try and steal victims’ private information to sell to private clients, a new Amnesty International investigation has uncovered. In a new report released today, Amnesty International reveals how fake Android applications and spyware-loaded emails tied to the notorious Donot Team…
New evidence uncovered by the Pegasus Project has revealed that the phone numbers for 14 heads of state, including French President Emmanuel Macron, Pakistan’s Imran Khan and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, as well as hundreds of government officials, were selected as people of interest by clients of spyware company NSO Group. Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnes Callamard said: “The unprecedented revelation that the phones of at least fourteen heads of state may…
New evidence uncovered by Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories has revealed a massive wave of attacks by cyber surveillance company NSO Group’s customers on iPhones, potentially affecting thousands of Apple users worldwide. Deputy Director of Amnesty Tech Danna Ingleton said: “Apple prides itself on its security and privacy features, but NSO Group has ripped these apart.…
New evidence uncovered by Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories has revealed that Rwandan authorities used NSO Group’s spyware to potentially target more than 3,500 activists, journalists and politicians. It was also used to infect the phone of Carine Kanimba, Paul Rusesabagina’s daughter, of Hotel Rwanda fame. Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “NSO Group…
Responding to a decision by Tel Aviv District Court on Thursday to close the doors of the hearing of a legal action seeking to revoke the export licence of spyware firm NSO Group, Danna Ingleton, Deputy Director of Amnesty Tech, said: “Israel’s Ministry of Defence has once again sought to avoid the full glare of…