News Forum - Minister claims he didn’t say Thai government was using spyware

[Thaiger]

Yes, I said governments use Pegasus spyware to track individuals for national security, but I never said the Thai government did it! That’s the gist of new clarifications Minister of Digital Economy and Society Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn is making, back peddling quickly on his apparent admission on Tuesday that the Thai government was spying on dissidents. After accusations surfaced last week stemming from joint research by Citizen Lab, iLaw, and DigitalReach that 30 activists and academics from Thailand had their Apple iPhones hacked between 2020 and 2021 by Israeli spyware software Pegasus, the Digital Economy Minister admitted he was aware of spyware […]

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[Boddown]

No I didn't put my foot in my mouth it just looks that way, naturally it's just a misunderstanding again 

[Ramanathan.P]

A thief will accept that he is a thief. But a person who "fart" will not accept that he has fart.  That is human nature....

[palooka]

He should be sacked for incompetence.

He is the minister responsible, and going by his own words someone is using this Pegasus software in Thailand but not the Thai Govt.

So the users are in possession of software that is only sold to Governments, so does he acknowledge that  another Govt is using the software in Thailand? Pretty serious stuff.

By all accounts as responsible minister he should have had the users  tracked down and had them jailed.