Decoded | Flight of Pegasus from Greek mythology to the opaque world of spyware

Explosive claims about Pegasus, Israeli firm NSO's military grade spyware technology, have triggered outrage around the globe. Here, we decode the scope of Project Pegasus and what lies ahead.

Pegasus - the once forgotten winged horse from Greek mythology is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. In Greek mythology, Pegasus was the war horse of Zeus, the supreme Greek deity. As the tale goes, Zeus rewarded Pegasus for its loyalty by turning it into a constellation in the sky. This time around, Pegasus has resurfaced in the form of a surveillance technology that poses a fundamental threat to the very idea of privacy and personal liberty.