No 10 subjected to UAE-linked spyware attack, says report, but Israeli firm suggests allegations are false
Boris Johnson has been told his Downing Street office has been targeted with “multiple” suspected infections using Pegasus, the sophisticated hacking software that canA report released by Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said the United Arab Emirates was suspected of orchestrating spyware attacks on No 10 in 2020 and 2021.
Citizen Lab added there had also been suspected attacks on the Foreign Office over the same two years that were also associated with Pegasus operators linked to the UAE – as well as India, Cyprus and Jordan. However, they were not able to identify the specific individuals within No 10 and the Foreign Office who are suspected of having been hacked.
“The suspected infections relating to the FCO were associated with Pegasus operators that we link to the UAE, India, Cyprus and Jordan. The suspected infection at the UK prime minister’s office was associated with a Pegasus operator we link to the UAE.”Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstocklast November, saying it had evidence the company had sold surveillance spyware to foreign governments that had used it for “transnational repression”.
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