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at al-jazeera the journalists were hacked by 4 pegasus operators including one operator monarchy that we attribute to saudi arabia and one operator sneaky kestrel that we attribute to the united arab emirates. well let's take a closer look at the israeli software for believed to be involved n.s.o. group is known for other cyber scandals worldwide including the targeting of journalists in morocco and politicians in spain in those cases have exploited our vulnerability in what's up leading to the messenger service to so group they've been selling the software for quite some time and in fact in 2019 there was some accusations that their software have been used in the tracking of jamal khashoggi and they then withdrew their support from the saudi arabian government their only supposed the son of the government's response to some of the organizations that have got a moral and ethical code they have been accused of not doing that across the globe and that's what's brought them to attention of a number of the civil rights organizations i think this software specifically targets of devices an

strategy of the companies that want to sell these type of tools and this all group rebranded it but it's pegasus to all to try to sell it to governments to combat 19 it's really more of a marketing gimmick that actually something that actually based on on on on an editor's secrets are important but there are also things that we even we shouldn't be allowed in the democratic society or at least we should how are these question of whether we want to allow them a private society to exist. i believe for example i where it's it's something that it's very difficult to do to control even more now because for example it's of mexico we were able to document those cases because there britain effect it had to click on a link sent on an s.m.s. message but now we know that group and other vendors are have the capability of infecting phones without even leaving any trace without leaving any evidence of that surveillance happening so that makes it even more difficult to control so we really need to put 2 to have a really meaningful discussion on where to put red lines on which to go and yes we shouldn't allow

belonging to journalists producers anchors and executives at al-jazeera the journalists were hacked by 4 pegasus operators including one operator monarchy that we attribute to saudi arabia and one operator sneaky kestrel that we attribute to the united arab emirates let's take a closer look at the israeli software firm believed to be involved and so group is known for the other side was and scandals worldwide including the targeting of journalists in the rocko and politicians in spain and those cases are exploited a vulnerability in whatsapp leading to the messenger service suing the firm and so group though says its technology is used by governments to track down terrorists and criminals well in the hours iraq all the targeted devices turned out to be i phones which hadn't been updated to the newest operating system could listen in through the built in marker phone take pictures with a camera and access locations and passwords we spoke with former british intelligence officer philip ingram he says he's really behind the malware has a track record of helping saudi spies. the n.s.o. group they've

belonging to journalists producers anchors and executives at al-jazeera the journalists were hacked by 4 pegasus operators including one operator monarchy that we attribute to saudi arabia and one operator sneaky kestrel that we attribute to the united arab emirates well let's take a closer look at the is really software firm believed to be involved and so group is known for other cyber scandals worldwide including the targeting of journalists in morocco and politicians in spain in those cases that exploited a vulnerability in what's up leading to the messenger service to sue the firm but n.s.o. group say's it's technology is used by governments to track down terrorists and criminals or in this latest with al jazeera all they targeted the faces turned out to be ife phones which hadn't updated to the newest operating system the hackers could listen through the built in microphone and access recordings of encrypted calls they could also take pictures with the camera truck device location and access passwords let's dig a little bit deeper into this with philip ingram phillips a former british milit

her other works include the mystery of the lone wolf killer by pegasus books in 2015. after many years abroad she's not also with her family. an award-winning author, curator and popular speaker the novel on rainy days from the award and the hemingway award infection. according to writers magazine the top debut of the year. they can't hear you are plus the power of the internet but they can feel it. so please join me in welcoming them into your living rooms. >> thank you john, it is wonderful to be here. wonderful to be here with you selena. sorry to read just a little bit from the book, just the introduction? >> i think so. let's give everyone a taste of the importance of this book especially in what we are dealing with today across the world. i think this is an important opening. so please read a little bit. >> wonderful i will do that. okay. so introduction price and paradox. no pride has more precision the nobel and or of admiration surrounds it. as 1984 winner put it, no sooner had i got the nobel peace prize i became consent or covid virtually everything i'd said

her other works include the mystery of the lone wolf killer, published by pegasus books in 2015 and she lives in oslo with her family. samina ali, her novel, not just on rainy days was the winner of the france award and finalist for the hemingway award in fiction. they can't hear your applaud through the power of the internet but they can feel it, so please join me in welcoming unni and samina into your living rooms. >> thank you, john, wonderful to be here with you, samina. >> should i just -- i would read just a little bit from the book, sam mean narks just the introduction. >> i think so. give everybody a taste of the importance of this book, what we are dealing with today and the u.s. and across the world, so please read a little bit. >> wonderful. i'll do that. okay. so introduction, prize and paradox. no other prize holds more prestige than the nobel, an aura or admiration surrounds it. also 1984 winner, desmond tutu put it no sooner had the got the nobel peace prize i became an oracle, certainly everything i said before was now received with something like awe. no other award fol

uncovered by the citizen lab at the university of toronto, which tracks use of the software known as pegasusthat allows users to remotely exploit and monitor hacked devices. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are believed to have been behind the attacks. the number of journalists killed in retaliation for their work more than doubled this year, with mexico being the most dangerous country for journalists in 2020, followed by afghanistan and the philippines. this according to a new report by the committee to protect journalists. the report found at least 30 journalists were killed around the world this year. in related news, in mexico, a former mayor of a small town in the state of chihuahua has been arrested for complicity in the 2017 murder of la jornada journalist miroslava breach. hugo amed shultz is accused of providing information about breach, who covered the drug war, to an organized crime group suspected of her murder. israel is headed towards its fourth election in under two years after lawmakers failed to pass a national budget by a tuesday deadline, triggering an automatic