: Pegasus scandal: Three questions the Modi government must answer about the New York Times article #IndiaNEWS A recent New York Times investigation seems to confirm something that has been widely speculated

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Pegasus scandal: Three questions the Modi government must answer about the New York Times article #IndiaNEWS
A recent New York Times investigation seems to confirm something that has been widely speculated all along: Pegasus spyware entered India through a deal between governments. The newspaper alleges that the weapons-grade surveillance package was part of a billion-dollar deal signed in 2017 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel. With that, India joined the distinguished company of Hungary, Poland, Saudi Arabia and other authoritarian countries that bought Pegasus to hack into phones and spy on dissidents.The article suggests that former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded in cyber weapons made by the NSO Group, an Israeli firm with close ties to the country’s intelligence apparatus, to gain diplomatic leverage and concessions. In India’s case, this meant voting in favour of Israel at the United Nations and walking back on New Delhi’s previous support to Palestine. Both Israel and India have denied allegations of a quid pro quo. But that still leaves the Centre with a lot of explaining to do.The Indian government used the argument of “national security� to remain vague about whether it bought Pegasus, to fob off discussion in Parliament and to get out of providing a detailed affidavit to the Supreme Court. As the court observed in a damning judgement in October, national security...Read more

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