Thread by @jsrailton

BREAKING: we @citizenlab found signs of a #Pegasus spyware infection at the 🇬🇧Prime Minister's office, 10 Downing St.

We notified 🇬🇧.

We'd found other infections within the Gov.. THREAD 1/

Must-read by @RonanFarrow: newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

2/ Meanwhile, we also found signs that multiple 🇬🇧 officials at the @FCDOGovUK had been infected with #Pegasus spyware.

3/ Many assumed that 🇬🇧's vaunted security apparatus could protect the government from the scourge of mercenary spyware like #Pegasus.

Wrong.

🇬🇧 got spectacularly burned.

So, which foreign governments might have hacked @10DowningStreet & @FCDOGovUK?

4/ Who did it? We linked the @10DowningStreet #Pegasus case... to the United Arab Emirates.

We connected the multiple @FCDOGovUK cases to:

- 🇦🇪 #UAE
- 🇮🇳 #India
- 🇨🇾 #Cyprus
- 🇯🇴 #Jordan

Here's the statement by our director @RonDeibert
citizenlab.ca/2022/04/uk-gov…

5/ Phones of politicians & officials are a security nightmare. Everywhere.

The problem becomes a wildfire when mercenary spyware companies like NSO sell widely.

Suddenly everyone wants a crack

Often, they get in.

Recall the #pegasusproject?
washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/…