Leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon

[KMFJD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1416797153524174854

Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon

Spyware sold to authoritarian regimes used to target activists, politicians and journalists, data suggests

www.theguardian.com

The leak contains a list of more than 50,000 phone numbers that, it is believed, have been identified as those of people of interest by clients of NSO since 2016.

The disclosures begin on Sunday, with the revelation that the numbers of more than 180 journalists are listed in the data, including reporters, editors and executives at the Financial Times, CNN, the New York Times, France 24, the Economist, Associated Press and Reuters.

damning...

 

[UNCjigga]

So, I’ve only paid attention to this story in passing, but my understanding is that an Israeli security firm essentially privatized a tool favored by Mossad and basically sold it to any paying customer with zero regard for the consequences? Russia—step right up!! Saudis—your Wahhabis want us wiped from the map but you’re cool too!! Politicians and businessmen in the pocket of Mexican Cartels? Authoritarian governments everywhere? (Oprah-mode) YOU get a Pegasus and YOU get a Pegasus!!!

There are plenty of people who feel threatened by government possessing the tools for mass surveillance—and for dammed good reason! Perhaps this should be a reminder that we shouldn’t just condemn the governments using these tools—but also the companies making them.

I’m assuming Apple and Google were aware of these tools out in the wild—nevermind the major wireless carriers. Ask yourselves this—why wasn’t this patched??? EDIT: Durr it was patched back in October 2016 when the tool was first publicly disclosed…for some reason I thought it remained unpatched to this day.

Food for thought—I once worked for a major wireless carrier that built secret back doors into phones at the behest of NSA, way back in 2010-2011. All this was disclosed by Snowden. But we also worked with other firms to monetize some of these secure back doors, because capitalism!

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Wonder if its any relation to....

U.S. and allies accuse China of global hacking spree

The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries for an initiative angrily rejected by Beijing.

www.reuters.com

 

[woolfe9998]

Wonder if its any relation to....

U.S. and allies accuse China of global hacking spree

The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries for an initiative angrily rejected by Beijing.

www.reuters.com

Doesn't look like it. The countries on the NOS customer list do not include China. Which doesn't mean China isn't hacking. Evidently, they're just not using this particular tool.

 

[compcons]

Wonder if its any relation to....

U.S. and allies accuse China of global hacking spree

The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries for an initiative angrily rejected by Beijing.

www.reuters.com

It should ALWAYS be assumed that Russia, China, and North Korea are in a constant state of both military and sponsored hacking activities. ALWAYS. They are the bad guys.

Russia got a pass when Donny Dumdum was president. China gets the pass because we are so fucking intertwined with them financially (thanks corporate America) so we are limited iresponses. onses. North Korea? Glad Donny Dumbfuck didn't get further with them or he would have given them access like he gave the Russians. For now, we can tell them to fuck off.

 

[UNCjigga]

Doesn't look like it. The countries on the NOS customer list do not include China. Which doesn't mean China isn't hacking. Evidently, they're just not using this particular tool.

LOL, China just has to enable spy mode on their Huawei 5G chipsets and h4x0r accomplished!

 

[BoomerD]

LOL, China just has to enable spy mode on any smartphone made in China...and h4x0r accomplished!

ftfy

 

[ch33zw1z]

Good times

 

[ch33zw1z]

Communicating through homing pigeons is the only secure method.

Maybe, what it they hack the pigeons to reroute 😨

 

[Meghan54]

Maybe, what it they hack the pigeons to reroute 😨

Or maybe even target them and shoot them out of the air, like they did when passenger pigeons were a thing.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Or maybe even target them and shoot them out of the air, like they did when passenger pigeons were a thing.

Lol, but does the message survive?

Pegasus software sounds super cool. Like, if you didn't already assume communications are able to be intercepted, this just confirms it. Even Alex Jones tranny porn burner phone isn't safe.

 

[soundforbjt]

Hmmm...not seeing any right wing “news” organizations or reporters mentioned on the list.

 

[UNCjigga]

Looks like Apple finally patched this today.