Report details the use of telecom snooping tools provided by Circles, an NSO Group affiliate, by 25 nations, some of which have a history of human rights abuses
Did These 25 Countries Buy It? Tweets: Stphane Duguin / @duguinstephane : Reports after reports, the work of @citizenlab is not only revealing the reality of state sponsored intrusions at scale. It builds a legacy for all of us to rethink accountability. https://citizenlab.ca/... cc @RonDeibert @CyberpeaceInst @saharawivoice : NEW: Morocco is among the clients of the cyberespionage firm Circles, which reportedly exploits weaknesses in the global mobile phone system to snoop on calls, texts, and the location of phones around the globe. Circles is affiliated with NSO Group, which develops Pegasus spyware https://twitter.com/... Lorenzo / @lorenzofb : NEW: Researchers say they found evidence that 25 countries (Denmark, Belgium, Australia, Mexico, Thailand...) have deployed cellphone tracking technology made by Circles. Circles has merged with spyware vendor NSO and provides SS7 tracking technology. https://www.vice.com/... @vice : “You can track any phone number from any country and anywhere in the world.” https://www.vice.com/... Asaf Lubin / @asaflubin : The tireless work that @citizenlab does in uncovering corporate and government surveillance is simply astonishing. Yet another amazing report from an organization that deserves a lot more global acclaim (if not a Nobel Peace Prize). https://twitter.com/... Raphael Satter / @razhael : Another one of Citizen Lab's clever web scans has uncovered suspected installations of Israeli surveillance firm Circles' phone snopping tools around the world, including several European countries - Belgium, Denmark, and Estonia - as well as Australia. https://citizenlab.ca/... Catalin Cimpanu / @campuscodi : New Citizen Lab report on Circles, a company that provides SS7 hacking capabilities https://citizenlab.ca/... https://twitter.com/...
Reports after reports, the work of @citizenlab is not only revealing the reality of state sponsored intrusions at scale. It builds a legacy for all of us to rethink accountability. https://citizenlab.ca/... cc @RonDeibert @CyberpeaceInst
NEW: Morocco is among the clients of the cyberespionage firm Circles, which reportedly exploits weaknesses in the global mobile phone system to snoop on calls, texts, and the location of phones around the globe. Circles is affiliated with NSO Group, which develops Pegasus spyware…
NEW: Researchers say they found evidence that 25 countries (Denmark, Belgium, Australia, Mexico, Thailand...) have deployed cellphone tracking technology made by Circles. Circles has merged with spyware vendor NSO and provides SS7 tracking technology. https://www.vice.com/...
The tireless work that @citizenlab does in uncovering corporate and government surveillance is simply astonishing. Yet another amazing report from an organization that deserves a lot more global acclaim (if not a Nobel Peace Prize). https://twitter.com/...
Another one of Citizen Lab's clever web scans has uncovered suspected installations of Israeli surveillance firm Circles' phone snopping tools around the world, including several European countries - Belgium, Denmark, and Estonia - as well as Australia. https://citizenlab.ca/...