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A mustread New Scientist

The gripping behindthe scenes story of one of the most sophisticated surveillance weapons ever created and an existential threat to democracy and human rights

Absorbing a celebration of journalism The Guardian

Pegasus is widely regarded as the most powerful cybersurveillance system on the market available to any government that can afford its multimilliondollar price tag The systems creator the NSO group a private corporation headquartered in Israel boasts about its ability to thwart terrorists and criminals

But the Pegasus system doesnt only catch terrorists and criminals

Pegasus has been used by repressive regimes to spy on thousands of innocent people around the world heads of state diplomats human rights defenders lawyers political opponents and journalists

Virtually undetectable the system can track a persons daily movement in real time gain control of the devices microphones and cameras at will and capture all videos photos emails texts and passwords encrypted or not Its full reach is not even known

This is the gripping story of how Pegasus was uncovered written by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud the two intrepid reporters who revealed the scandal in collaboration with an international consortium of journalists Their findings shook the world

Tense and compelling Pegasus reveals how thousands of lives have been turned upside down by this unprecedented threat and exposes the chilling new ways governments and corporations are laying waste to human rights and silencing innocent citizens