Pegasus Spyware And Surveillance Concerns:
The Pegasus spyware has stirred controversy worldwide, including India, over its misuse for surveillance, raising serious privacy and fundamental rights concerns.
- Recently, a US court ruled that Pegasus spyware violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 1986 by surveilling 1,400 WhatsApp users, including 300 from India.
- Pegasus is a spyware developed by NSO Group, an Israeli cybersecurity firm founded in 2010. It is capable of hacking iOS and Android devices to extract data, record conversations, capture photos, and access app data.
- Spyware is a malicious software that secretly monitors and collects information from a device without the user’s consent.
