Morocco targeted journalist with Israeli spyware, says Amnesty International
The London-based rights group Amnesty International says Omar Radi’s phone was subjected to a series of attacks.
Software developed by an Israeli technology company was used by Moroccan authorities to spy on a journalist, Amnesty International said Monday.
The London-based rights group alleged that Omar Radi’s phone was subjected to a series of attacks using “a sophisticated new technique” that installed NSO Group’s Pegasus software on his device without him knowing.
According to Amnesty International, which conducted a forensic analysis on Radi’s phone, the software gives the attacker full access to the phone’s camera, microphone and data, including emails and messages.
“For network injections, the attacker requires either physical proximity to the targets or access over mobile networks in the country that only a government could authorize, a further indication that the Moroccan authorities were responsible for the attack against Omar Radi,” the group said in a statement.
