whatsapp — which is owned by facebook — says nso group helped in the targeting of diplomats, dissidentssts and officials on four continents. whatsapp said the attacks involved malware that exploited its video calling system and allowed nso's clients to spy on users. nso has strongly denied the allegations. emily taylor is the boss of oxford information labs and a cybersecurity expert. speaking to the bbc when the story first emerged, she explained how the hacking tool dubbed pegasus worked. it will make a voice call, which doesn't even need to be answered by the recipient, and then once you are inside the up, it's possible to install software or spy on the user —— inside the app. citizen lab, the cybersecurity research laboratory that worked with whatsapp to investigate the hacking told reuters the targets of the software included well—known television personalities, and people who had faced "assassination attempts and threats of violence." as i mentioned earlier, n50 is pushing back strongly against the claims, saying in a statement that "in the strongest possible terms, we dispute tod

the financial times reports at facebook—owned whatsapp has filed a lawsuit against israel's nso groupalleging the firm was behind cyber—attacks that infected devices with malicious software. at least 100 journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents had their smartphones attacked by spyware. according to the mail, 72 female mps have signed an open letter backing meghan markle's stand against distasteful and misleading media coverage and blasting the outdated, colonial undertones of some stories. meanwhile, the times says there could be hope for those of us who hate the pre—flight scrum while boarding an aircraft. gatwick airport is now experimenting with boarding people in window seats first, starting at the back, followed by middle then aisle seats. that could save 10% of boarding time. and finally, in the guardian, england have been reprimanded and fined for their v—shaped formation when facing the haka before their world cup semi—final victory over new zealand. world rugby regulations state opponents must not cross the halfway line while the maori war dance is being

the messaging service — which is owned by facebook — says nso group helped in the targeting of diplomatsand officials on four continents. nso strongly denies the allegations. we will have more detail on that in the business briefing. the archbishop of york has said that a slow environmental genocide is taking place in southern nigeria's bayelsa state. speaking in an exclusive interview with the bbc as part of a commission investigating oil spills in the niger delta, drjohn sentamu said that oil companies needed to end a culture of double standards in nigeria. the bbc‘s mayeni jones travelled with the commission earlier this year and sent this report. this was once a thriving ecosystem. and oil spills have devastated these shores. translation: it is the oil. if the oil. even if you manage to catch a fish, it is not fit to eat. there area fish, it is not fit to eat. there are a few that are ok, and that is what we eat. but on others, their heads are the only things that are left. they are so slim! they have no flash. —— flash, so it's hard for us to feed ourselves. bayelsa was where oil wa

nso group has vehemently denied any wrongdoing whatsoever and they are going to fight this case.sapp users, quite a few of us around the world watching this, should we be concerned? i think the way that whatsapp dealt with this was very responsible, because back in may they made their announcement very quickly after they found out. they issued a release. so the standard sort of advice is don't panic but do patch. so when you see those updates coming through in any kind of application, do update your systems. the lesson at the end of all this is whatever the app, nothing is safe, nothing secure? nothing is 10096 secure, no matter how good it is. some would say it's good, that if it's terrorist activities? these things are never black and white. nso, it strongly denies this and what it says is it helps law enforcement and counterterrorism across the world. in those sort of circumstances, i think most people would go, yes, we do want that sort of intelligence. it's when it crosses over the line and starts to undermine human rights protections that people are worried. whatsapp is own

marczak at citizen lati >> we were able to both identify the link that he'd received was connected to nso group's micrhone on, it can turn on your phone camera, it turns e.ur earphone in a spy it can break any encrypted message on your phone. that's technology mbs got from his new friends in secret in israel. ♪ >> smith: is there activist le yahya al-assiri can do to prevent themselves from being hacked? >> unfortunately, the's really not. for these sorts top-tier targets, when the government is willing to expend essentially unlimited resources to go after these guere's really not all that much they can do. ♪ >> smith: nso did not comment oi asri's case but told us it does not tolerate misuse of itse software oit it to be used for spyingn critics or journalists. ♪ back in saudi arabia, jal khashoggi had not been able to work for months.s. he could travel, but he was still banned from writing, tweeting, or appearing on tv. >> he was still hoping that this decree or order will be reversed. so he said, "maybe if i toe the line for a while, then the change." then i sim later, and stillde the has not