Absolutely astonishing report from The Guardian regarding hacking software sold by Israeli surveillance company NSO Group. Leak contains list of 50,000+ phone numbers, possible POI's of clients by NSO Group.
According to the article, the presence of a phone number on the list doesn't necessarily mean that there was an attempt to place the Pegasus malware on the device, but it's believed that the list could have "future targets" on it.
Identities of the people in the leak will be released in the coming days by The Guardian and its media partners.
In the list of phone numbers includes "hundreds of business executives, religious figures, academics, NGO employees, union officials, government officials --
Hilariously, the creator of the #FreedomPhone, Erik Finman, appears to be mass blocking anyone that comments on the legitimacy of the product he's selling.
It's literally a fucking Umidigi A9.
It's a Chinese phone preloaded with a bunch of preloaded bullshit (OAN, Parler, Newsmax, etc) that runs on a half assed Android ROM (FreedomOS). If you buy this you're an absolute fool.
U.S. DOJ announces charges against 4 Iranian intelligence officials for kidnapping conspiracy. The 4 intended to kidnap @AlinejadMasih, an Iranian-born journalist and activist who has been outspoken against the regime, and forcefully bring her back. justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/m…
Alireza Shavaroghi Farahani, Mahmoud Khazein, Kiya Sadeghi and Omid Noori were all charged w/ kidnapping conspiracy, sanctions violations conspiracy, bank and wire fraud conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy.
Niloufar Bahadorifar was charged with sanctions violations conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and structuring charges.
Farahani is an Iranian intelligence official that lives in Iran. Khazein, Sadeghi, and Noori are Iranian intelligence assets.