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1/4 “This is the first documented evidence of the use of #Pegasus spyware in an international war context,” researchers report. Israeli-made Pegasus spyware has been deployed against Armenian civil society actors, including NGO representatives & journalists, researchers find. 
2/4 Victims include Armenia’s former human rights defender, two Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Armenian Service journalists, a UN official, the former spox of Armenia’s Foreign Ministry, & seven other representatives of Armenian civil society.
3/4 Evidence suggests that the spyware targeting is related to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict & Azerbaijan is likely behind the hacking activity, the investigation concluded. Azerbaijan’s gov has previously used #Pegasus spyware against domestic opponents as well, @amnestyusa said.
@amnestyusa 4/4 Researchers from @accessnow, CyberHUB-AM, the @citizenlab at the @munkschool of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, Amnesty Intl's @amnestyusa Security Lab @AmnestyTech & independent mobile security researcher Ruben Muradyan conducted the investigation jointly.
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