Pegasus spyware deployed to monitor officials ‘without evidence’: Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN: A top official in Kazakhstan has called claims that Israeli-made spyware was deployed to monitor top officials including the current president “without evidence”, as multiple countries began probing the allegations.

Hungary, Israel and Algeria on Thursday joined France in announcing investigations into allegations that journalists, rights activists and 14 heads of state were spied on using software called Pegasus developed by Israel’s NSO Group.