Pegasus To Disclose Indian Client
- 28-Jul-2021
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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Tuesday that the government would disclose the name of indian client, who had gone to Israeli firm NSO Group's Pegasus spyware.
The former home minister said that based on investigations by an international group of journalists, news portal 'The Wire' has reported that there was ‘an Indian client of the NSO Group’.
Last week, it was reported that over 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including those of two ministers, over 40 journalists, three opposition leaders besides scores of businesspersons and activists in India, could have been targeted for hacking through the Pegasus spyware of the NSO Group.
The government has been denying all Opposition allegations in the matter.
Amid reports that French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on the Pegasus snooping allegations, Chidambaram had attacked the Centre on Monday, too, saying the only government that was ‘unconcerned’ over the issue was that of India.
The parliamentary panel on information technology led by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is likely to question top government officials, including those from the home ministry.
