NSO's Pegasus spyware used to hack exiled Russian journalist

Galina Timchenko led a media outlet Moscow declared ‘undesirable’

Tom Allen
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NSO's Pegasus spyware used to hack exiled Russian journalist

An exiled Russian journalist living in Europe was hacked using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware in February - but opinions are split on the culprit.

Galina Timchenko was hacked on or around 10th February while she was based in Berlin, according to a joint investigation by the Citizen Lab and Access Now. The attack - the first recorded use of...

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