Washington Post: Critics say the use of Pegasus in Hungary evokes the communist past
The U.S. newspaper focuses on bringing the HCLU’s legal case to the European Commission.
The critic described the country’s use of Pegasus as Hungary’s communist tool and the country’s right-wing prime minister,
Viktor Orbán is accused of moving towards autocracy and undermining Hungary’s democracy
Wrote The Washington Post about Pegas spyware. According to the article, which, incidentally, Stephen G. Breyer wrote about cyber security issues in connection with the retirement of Supreme Judge, the use of Pegasus has attracted particular attention because Hungary is a member of the European Union. The newspaper pointed out that the Society for Freedoms (HCLU) is a non-governmental organization promoting human rights at the European Commission on behalf of Ad Beauduin, a Belgian-Canadian student activist who studied in Hungary when he became a target of Pegasus, which the group says violates EU law. .
The paper recalled that although Pegasus developer NSO Group had not disclosed the identity of its customers, a former anonymous employee told The Post last year that the Hungarian government was their customer, while Hungarian leaders insisted they complied with the law. surveillance technologies age.
It was recently revealed that the FBI also bought the Pegasus spyware, in secret. The case was wrapped up in a year-long work by two investigative journalists, Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti. According to their information, Israel used the program for diplomatic purposes.
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