Amnesty rejects false social media rumors and firmly stands by the Pegasus project findings
Amnesty International said it was putting out a statement "in response to the false claims and allegations via social media and inaccurate media stories making rounds regarding the Pegasus Project. Kim Jetter, a cyber security journalist; Amnesty International, in a new statement, has stated that phone numbers in the list were of interest to NSO customers, suggesting they are the sort of people NSO clients might prefer to spy on, India Today reported. However, prior Amnesty International, on its official website, has stated that it categorically stands by the findings of the Pegasus Project and that the information is irrefutably linked to potential targets of NSO Group's Pegasus spyware. The baseless rumours spreading on social media are meant to distract from the widespread unlawful targeting of activists, journalists, and other VIP's that the Pegasus Project has exposed." The official statement by Amnesty emerged as rumours in social medi...