“I already got the results. Do you think it’s positive or negative?” At first glance, it may seem that this dialogue is about Covid. But this is the idea of the Catalan engineer and researcher. Elies Campo he asked his sister just before revealing this mobile phone was infected with pegasusfamous software espionage produced Israel It can infiltrate devices without the victims’ knowledge and steal all their materials. His mother and father were also under surveillance. “The whole family was hacked!” Campo complains in disbelief.
This is ‘one of the important scenes’is being watched:listen below’, new documentary related to HBO Maximum Tracing the international scandal, he draws a thread connecting those responsible for this powerful weapon. cyber warfare along with some of his victims. The work, which was first shown on the platform today, Spain for “mass surveillance” carried out against 65 pro-independence politicians, activists, lawyers and civil society members independence inside Catalonia. “There is no obedience,” the Sobiranista organization recalled this Thursday Cultural OmniumThe person who wants to spread this.
To do this, follow the journalist’s steps Ronan Farrowwon the Pulitzer Prize for helping uncover sexual abuse by movie mogul Harvey WeinsteinHe embarks on a journey that will take him from New York to California, Tel Aviv, Toronto, Barcelona, Girona and Washington.
Worldwide exploits
The first part of the documentary, prepared by documentary filmmakers Matthew O’Neil and Perri Peltz, focuses on explaining how Pegasus works. manufacturer, NSO Groupassures that he only sold his spy program to governments for war crime And terrorism. Farrow enters his office to talk to the founder. Shalev HulioWith employees who believe Pegasus will “make the world a better place.”
This story was carefully designed by PR teams. cyber surveillance contrasts with reality. Numerous studies have documented how some of the 41 client countries have misused this tool to persecute opposition politicians, dissidents, or disgruntled reporters, among others. “We live in a time when democratic decline is evident; authoritarian practices are spreading throughout the world,” explains director Ron Deibert. Citizen LabCanadian research center that revealed the scandal known as ‘Catalan Passage‘. “I believe the surveillance industry is one of the main factors contributing to these trends.”
Catalonia, in the center
No case is more cruel than this Jamal Khashoggijournalist Washington Post It is alleged that he was executed and dismembered on his orders. Mohammed Bin Salmancrown prince Saudi Arabia. The Khashoggi case sparked a brief wave of global outrage, including domestically. NSO. “I decided to leave the company” murder (…) a lot of people woke up and saw what was happening around them,” a former employee confesses to Farrow, who assures him that the firm was aware of these abuses.
In its second half, ‘Surveilled’ chooses to focus on the Catalan case, a paradigmatic example of large-scale espionage “for political reasons” extending from public administration to civil society. To do this, Farrow shines a light on Campos, the Citizen Lab cyber researcher responsible in part for tracking the virus and identifying which cellphones it infected. It serves as a bridge to get brief information about the MP’s cases Jordi Solé and activist Joan Matamalaprotected with Candiruother spyware Israeli. However, the story takes a completely different turn with the appearance of Campos, a former employee. WhatsAppThe company, which sued NSO for violating its systems, learns that its family is also a victim of Pegasus.
In the documentary, the National Intelligence Center (CNI), admitted to spying on 18 people with prior permission from the Spanish Government. Supreme Court. But it does not state that Madrid He did not provide detailed information about other Catalan victims who may have been illegally surveilled. This is stated in a complaint filed last week. barcelona Against those responsible for the NSO Group, the first of its kind in Europe.
Source: Informacion
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