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A special investigation into NSO Group, which sells hacking spyware to governments

Revealed

Massive leak uncovers global abuse of weapon of mass surveillance

A special investigation into NSO Group, which sells hacking spyware to governments

Revealed

Massive leak uncovers global abuse of weapon of mass surveillance

The Pegasus project

  • The US said it had ‘reasonable cause to believe … [NSO] has been involved in activities contrary to the foreign policy and national security interests of the US.’.

    US
    Israeli spyware company NSO Group placed on blacklist

    Decision against company at heart of Pegasus project reflects deep concern about impact of spyware on US national security interests
  • A protest in July accusing Modi's government of using military-grade spyware to monitor political opponents, journalists and activists.

    India
    Supreme court orders inquiry into state’s use of Pegasus spyware

  • A logo on the wall of branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir.

    The Pegasus project
    Manager of fund that owns Israeli spyware firm not yet given access to sensitive info

  • Emirati activist Alaa Al-Siddiq, who died in a car crash near Oxford in June.

    United Arab Emirates
    New evidence suggests spyware used to surveil Emirati activist Alaa Al-Siddiq

  • French education minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer, left, and minister of territorial cohesion, Jacqueline Gourault

    France
    Spyware ‘found on phones of five French cabinet members’

  • The NSO Group company offices, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir.

    Hungary
    Phones of journalist who tracked Viktor Orban’s childhood friend infected with spyware

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Explainers

  • Pegasus can infect a phone through ‘zero-click’ attacks, which do not require any interaction from the phone’s owner to succeed.

    What is Pegasus spyware?
    And how does it hack phones?

  • Pegasus spyware can bypass your phone's security and gain complete access to your device. A Guardian investigation can now reveal widespread abuse of the Pegasus technology by government clients around the world who purchased the spyware from its manufacturer, the NSO Group

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    The spyware technology that threatens democracy

  • From Left: Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul. Joseph Breham, lawyer of ACTED. The Indian student activist Umar Khalid, who was targeted with Pegasus in late 2018, shortly before sedition charges were filed against him

    The Pegasus project
    Why investigations like this are at the heart of the Guardian’s mission

  • People enter the subway in front of an iPhone 12 advertisement in Shanghai

    Apple
    How does its technology hold up against NSO spyware?

Podcasts

  • focus ep 1 (1)

    Today in Focus
    The Pegasus project part 1: an invitation to Paris

  • In Focus - Episode 2

    Today in Focus
    The Pegasus project part 2: cat and mouse

  • In Focus - Episode 3

    Today in Focus
    The Pegasus project part 3: cartels, corruption and cyber-weapons

  • Left, the daughter of Dubai's ruler, Princess Latifa al-Maktoum and right, Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein of Jordan

    Today in Focus
    The Pegasus project part 4: runaway princesses and the UK connection

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Opinion

  • Edward Snowden and Narendra Modi.

    This is no ordinary spying. Our most intimate selves are now exposed

    Arundhati Roy
  • A phone taking a photo of a press conference

    Burner phones, fake sources and ‘evil twin’ attacks: journalism in the surveillance age

    Bradley Hope
  • Pegasus: the spyware technology that threatens democracy

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on spyware sales: the proliferation risks are real

  • The scale of the scandal could only be uncovered by journalists around the world working together.

    Spyware can make your phone your enemy. Journalism is your defence

    Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud

Latest news

  • A woman walks past the entrance of an NSO Group building

    Israel tried to frustrate US lawsuit over Pegasus spyware, leak suggests

  • Polish prime minister Donald Tusk

    Poland launches inquiry into previous government’s spyware use

    • MEP Sophie in 't Veld in Brussels, on Tuesday, presenting draft findings of the spyware inquiry

      Dutch MEP says illegal spyware ‘a grave threat to democracy’

    • Paul Rusesabagina

      Nephew of jailed Hotel Rwanda dissident hacked by NSO spyware

    • Protesters in Bangkok.

      Dozens of Thai democracy activists targeted with Pegasus phone spyware

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