Pegasus Project: Leaked database includes 300 Indian phone numbers

Online news platform The Wire reported on Sunday, a leaked database of thousands of telephone numbers, believed to have been listed by multiple government clients of an Israeli surveillance technology firm, includes over 300 verified Indian mobile telephone numbers, including those used by ministers, opposition leaders, journalists, the legal community, businessmen, government officials, scientists, rights activists and others. The website said the findings followed an investigation by The Wire and 16 media partners.

The website said forensic tests conducted as part of this project on a small cross-section of phones associated with these numbers revealed clear signs of targeting by Pegasus spyware in 37 phones, of which 10 are Indian.