News Forum - Pegasus spyware found on phones of activists in Thailand

[Thaiger]

A new report has revealed that dozens of Thai democracy activists were targeted by an Israeli spyware programme called Pegasus during the height of intense anti-government protests over the past two years. The joint report, by the Thai NGO iLaw, Digital Reach, and The Citizen Lab, claims that the phones of 30 activists, academics, lawyers, and NGO workers, mostly connected to civil rights organisations, were affected spanning 2020 and 2021. The findings originated from notifications sent by Apple to Thai activists that they had been targeted with the spyware in November 2021. Amnesty International’s Security Lab independently confirmed five of the cases […]

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[palooka]

Surprise surprise.

The UK-based NGO also called on Thailand to launch an independent investigation into the use of Pegasus spyware and take necessary measures to foster a safe environment for civic engagement.

Good luck with that.

[Fanta]

I’m shocked (that Thailand paid the money for original software).

[anarchofarmer]

That should come as no surprise to anyone!

[DesperateOldHand]

45 minutes ago, anarchofarmer said:

That should come as no surprise to anyone!

Yep. Comes instinctive to controlling oligarchs the world over.

[Giltee]

No surely the Thai government wouldn’t do that. You’d expect that of authoritarian, or communist, or military jauntas, not in Thailand. 

[Manu]

1 hour ago, Giltee said:

No surely the Thai government wouldn’t do that. You’d expect that of authoritarian, or communist, or military jauntas, not in Thailand. 

...or anyone or everyone. This program is being used all over the word, everyone is worth spying for someone else. there for example:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/sep/23/spyware-found-on-phones-of-five-french-cabinet-members

And this program has been created by the world leading country in digital spying through their extreme paranoia. And usually at this level you are paranoid when you feel guilty of something. Does the Thai government feel guilty of something?

[Bangkok_Gary]

"The findings originated from notifications sent by Apple to Thai activists that they had been targeted with the spyware in November 2021."

Apple should fix their shoddy software so it can't be hacked. Or at the least provide an App that can detect Pegasus and notify the phones owner they are being spied on.

[Artemis080]

3 hours ago, Bangkok_Gary said:

"The findings originated from notifications sent by Apple to Thai activists that they had been targeted with the spyware in November 2021."

Apple should fix their shoddy software so it can't be hacked. Or at the least provide an App that can detect Pegasus and notify the phones owner they are being spied on.

It's an ongoing cat and mouse game. Pegasus isn't stationary and neither is iOS or Android. Any system will always be on the defence responding to concerted attacks. The App that detects Pegasus would obsolete shortly after.