Elgar Case Accused's Phone Infected With Pegasus Spyware, Forensic Analysis Show
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Digital forensics firm Arsenal Consulting said Rona Wilson's Apple phone was not just selected for surveillance by a client of Israel's NSO Group but was also successfully compromised on many occasions.
Activist Rona Wilson's smartphone was infiltrated using NSO Group's Pegasus spyware a year before his arrest in the Elgar Parishad case, according to new forensic analysis.
Rona Wilson, a prisoners' rights activist and academic, was a victim of "surveillance and incriminating document delivery" for close to a year before his arrest in June 2018, according to the analysis.
Digital forensics firm Arsenal Consulting said Rona Wilson's Apple phone was not just selected for surveillance by a client of Israel's NSO Group but was also successfully compromised on many occasions.
The analysis showed that two backups of the iPhone 6s belonging to Rona Wilson had digital traces showing infection by the Pegasus surveillance tool, which its developer, the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group, has said has been licensed only to government agencies.
