The social democratic president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, yesterday Wednesday 4/9 demanded a prosecutorial investigation into the purchase of the Pegasus telecommunications interception software for 11 million dollars, estimating that it may have been used by the previous government to spy on its political opponents. Technological tools of espionage, particularly spyware such as the advanced Pegasus system (of the Israeli NSO) have been repeatedly revealed over the past decade to have been used to monitor opposition figures, journalists, civil society actors, human rights defenders and others in Colombia and on a global scale. “How exactly does $11 million in cash leave the country, by plane, by one or two government agencies (…) and end up in Israel to buy software to spy on cell phones and private communications?” asked Mr. Petros during a TV show, referring to the market from the Information and Analysis Unit (UIAF). He hinted that opposition politicians such as […]
Source: News Beast
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