#CyberSecurity#Spyware#NSOGroup#Pegasus#Jordan: "A new joint investigation, Between a hack and a hard place: how Pegasus spyware crushes civic space in Jordan, by Access Now, the Citizen Lab, and local partners reveals the widespread use of Israeli-owned NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware in Jordan. At least 35 journalists, activists, human rights lawyers, and civil society members have been targeted with Pegasus between 2019 and 2023. Read the full report.
The Pegasus hacking comes against a backdrop of escalating crackdowns on civic space and press freedom in Jordan, growing instability and violence across the region, and an increasingly-exposed use of invasive spyware across the globe. Among those targeted are two Jordan-based staff at Human Rights Watch, as confirmed by a forensic analysis conducted by Human Rights Watch in collaboration with Amnesty International’s Security Lab."
