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In the US, the Biden administration placed the NSO Group on a blacklist onNovember 3, 2021 in response to the findings, concluding that the group is acting“contrary to the foreign policy and national security interests of the US”. Thisblacklisting has barred the NSO group from purchasing the parts and components itneeds to develop its spyware from US companies. Amnesty Tech Deputy DirectorDana Ingleton supported the US decision to blacklist the NSO Group, describingPegasus as “a tool of repression… used around the world to violate human rights”.After it was revealed that Emmanuel Macron and his cabinet members wereidentified as possible targets for surveillance, Macron changed his phone numberand phone, and announced an overhaul of France’s security procedures. Franceinitiated contact with Israel to express concern about the NSO Group and Pegasus,with the former denying that Pegasus was used to target Macron or Frenchgovernment officials. On November 1, 2021, Mexican police arrested a formertechnician with links to the group for allegedly phone tapping a journalist between2015 and 2016. Nearly one-third of the 50,000 phones identified as being infectedby Pegasus were from Mexico. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan alsodemanded the United Nations investigate India’s use of Pegasus.Messaging service WhatsApp affirmed the US government’s decision and has suedthe NSO Group in response to allegations that Pegasus was used to target 1400WhatsApp users in 2019. They believe that the blacklist goes a long way in protectingpeople’s ability to have private conversations online.The American Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Press Institute, andintelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden have all called for further investigationinto Pegasus, highlighting numerous abuses of the Pegasus spyware. Amazon’scloud subsidiary AWS also terminated “relevant infrastructure and accounts” linkedto NSO in response to the investigation.The EU Parliament awarded the Pegasus Project the 2021 Daphne Caruana Galiciajournalism prize for its work on exposing Pegasus. Nevertheless, the NSO Group hasdefended Pegasus and plans to present more information on their group and theirproduct to the world.C O N C L U S I O NIt is clear that Pegasus has emerged as the threat in the modern era, and muchmore still needs to be done to address it. While the NSO Group may claim theirtechnology is specifically for targeting terrorists and national security threats, it isevident that this is not the case.P A G E 1 3 3 | 2 0 2 1 B Y Y D S
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