The phone number of Emirati Princess Latifa, the daughter of Dubai’s ruler who has accused her family of holding her against her will, appeared on a leaked list of more than 50,000 numbers that were reportedly selected as potential targets by clients of NSO Group. Some of the princess' friends numbers were also on the list.
The Israeli cybersurveillance firm is under fire after a sweeping joint investigation published by 17 media outlets revealed that the smartphones of journalists, politicians, activists and even heads of state may have been hacked by NSO Group’s Pegasus software, which researchers say gives users access to a phone’s contents and the ability to remotely access its camera and microphone.
