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English to Portuguese: Pegasus spyware revelation indicates Indian state snooping on journalists, activists and politicians General field: Other Detailed field: Journalism
Source text - English The Pegasus Project, a collaboration of 17 media organizations, released a report on July 18 detailing the potential hacking and illegal surveillance of 50,000 phone numbers, mostly in countries with authoritarian regimes, through the use of the Israeli-made spyware Pegasus. The targets of this alleged espionage include human rights defenders, activists, journalists, politicians, high-ranking public officials and business people. Reportedly, more than 1,000 phone numbers from India are a part of this list.
Pegasus users can access unencrypted content stored on a phone (messages, emails, photos, videos, etc.), record phone calls, track geo-locations and activate microphones and cameras without the user's authorization.
The leaked list of Pegasus targets includes two phone numbers of Rahul Gandhi, a member of the Indian Parliament and the former President of the Indian National Congress (INC), who was unsuccessful in his election campaign against the incumbent Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019. The Guardian noted that the selection of Indian phone numbers coincided with Modi's 2017 visit to Israel that led to significant growth in the relationship between India and Israel. INC, the main opposition party in the Indian parliament, has accused Modi of ‘treason’ and compromising the country's national security.
Also included on this list is the phone number of former bureaucrat Ashok Lavasa, who was an election commissioner in 2019. As commissioner, he argued for imposing sanctions on Modi for his heated political speeches, which were linked to increased attacks on Indian Muslims.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, India's Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology and Prahlad Singh Patel, the Minister of State for Jal Shakti (the water ministry), are two recently sworn-in ministers whose numbers have also been found on the list. Incidentally, Vaishnaw's ministry oversees India's digital surveillance regulations.
What is Pegasus?
Pegasus is a type of spyware — a software that allows users to secretly gather and receive data in someone's phone, computer or electronic device — made by Israeli tech firm NSO Group.
The Pegasus Project includes 80 journalists from 17 media organizations from 10 countries, with Paris-based media not-for-profit Forbidden Stories coordinating and the human rights not-for-profit Amnesty International overseeing forensic tests. Siddharth Varadarajan and M.K. Venu, the two founding editors of the Wire, an independent Indian media organisation that is assisting in the investigations, both had devices infected with Pegasus. One other editor from the Wire and three regular contributors also had their phone numbers on the list.
Amnesty's Security Lab produced a detailed technical report after analyzing the leaked list. So far they have analysed 67 phones and found traces of Pegasus in 37 of them. Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary research lab based at the University of Toronto, Canada has independently reviewed and approved Amnesty's forensic examination methods.
While having a phone number on this list does not necessarily confirm that the phone has been infected with Pegasus, the users of these phones can theoretically be targetted by one of the NSO Group's clients. The Amnesty Security Lab has also published the Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT), an open-source mobile forensic tool to simplify the process of gathering and analysing data from potentially compromised Android and iOS devices.
Translation - Portuguese Revelação do spyware Pegasus indica que a Índia está espionando jornalistas, ativistas e políticos
O Projeto Pegasus, uma colaboração entre 17 organizações de mídia, publicou um relatório em 18 de julho detalhando o potencial hackeamento e a vigilância ilegal de 50.000 números de telefones, a maioria em países com regimes autoritários, por meio do Pegasus, software espião israelense. Os alvos dessa suposta espionagem incluem defensores de direitos humanos, ativistas, jornalistas, políticos, funcionários públicos de alto escalão e empresários. Supostamente, mais de 1.000 números dessa lista são da Índia.
Os usuários do Pegasus podem acessar conteúdos não criptografados armazenados em telefones (mensagens, e-mails, fotos, vídeos etc.), gravar chamadas, rastrear geolocalizações e ativar microfones e câmeras sem a autorização dos usuários.
A lista que vazou com alvos do Pegasus inclui dois números de telefone de Rahul Gandhi, membro do Parlamento indiano e ex-presidente do Congresso Nacional Indiano (INC), que não teve sucesso na sua campanha eleitoral contra o atual primeiro-ministro Narendra Modi em 2019. O jornal inglês The Guardian apontou que a seleção de números indianos coincidiu com a visita de Modi a Israel, em 2017, o que levou a um crescimento significante da relação entre os dois países. O principal partido de oposição do Parlamento indiano acusou Modi de “traição” e de comprometer a segurança nacional do país.
Outro número incluído nessa lista é do ex-burocrata Ashok Lavasa, que foi comissário eleitoral em 2019. Como comissário, ele defendeu a imposição de sanções a Modi por seus acalorados discursos políticos, os quais foram associados ao aumento de ataques a muçulmanos indianos.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, Ministro das Ferrovias, Comunicações e Eletrônica e Tecnologia da Informação, e Prahlad Singh Patel, o Ministro de Jal Shakti (Ministério da água), são outros dois ministros indianos recém-empossados cujos nomes foram encontrados na lista. Casualmente, o ministério de Vaishnaw supervisiona os regulamentos sobre vigilância digital da Índia.
O que é o Pegasus?
Pegasus é um tipo de spyware — um software que permite aos seus usuários coletar e receber dados de celulares, computadores ou dispositivos eletrônicos de outras pessoas de forma secreta — desenvolvido pela empresa de tecnologia israelense NSO Group.
O projeto Pegasus inclui 80 jornalistas de 17 organizações de mídia de 10 países, com a coordenação da Forbidden Stories, organização de mídia sem fins lucrativos sediada em Paris, e a organização de direitos humanos sem fins lucrativos Anistia Internacional supervisionando os testes forenses. Siddharth Varadarajan e M.K. Venu, os dois editores fundadores do The Wire, uma organização independente de mídia indiana, que está auxiliando nas investigações, tiveram seus dispositivos infectados com o Pegasus. Outro editor do The Wire e três contribuidores frequentes também se depararam com seus números de telefone na lista.
O laboratório de segurança da Anistia produziu um relatório técnico detalhado após análise da lista vazada. Até o momento, 67 telefones foram analisados e traços do Pegasus foram encontrados em 37 deles. O laboratório de pesquisa interdisciplinar Citizen Lab, sediado na Universidade de Toronto, no Canadá, aprovou e revisou independentemente os métodos de exame forense da Anistia.
Embora ter o número de telefone na lista não confirme necessariamente que o telefone esteja infectado com o Pegasus, os usuários desses telefones podem teoricamente ser alvos de algum dos clientes do grupo NSO. O laboratório de segurança da Anistia também publicou o Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT), uma ferramenta forense de código aberto que simplifica o processo de coleta e análise de dados de dispositivos Android e iOS, potencialmente infectados.
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