Amnesty International said it submitted a formal request to Israeli authorities two weeks ago asking that the export license of a Herzliya-based hacking firm be revoked over reported efforts to sell Saudi Arabia sophisticated surveillance software. The Israeli Defense Ministry reportedly declined the request, prompting Amnesty to consider legal action instead. In August, the human rights organization claimed one of its members had been targeted via WhatsApp by a hostile government using Pegasus, a powerful surveillance tool developed by Israeli hacking firm NSO Group. Pegasus was previously used against investigators in Mexico probing the disappearance of 43 students in the city of Iguala.”]
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