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Dubai Princess Latifa is also one among those in the list of phone hacking spyware Pegasus.
Daughter of the ruler of Dubai, Latifa’s phone numbers reportedly were found as part of an investigation into the phone hacking spyware. IN India too several politicians and journalists are reportedly to have been under vigil through this spyware.
In India, at least 300 people are believed to have been targeted with this apyware, including two serving union ministers, three opposition leaders, one constitutional authority, several journalists and business persons.
In mid-February, new about a secret video from Princess Latifa in which she said she was being held as a hostage and feared for her life was leaked and it had brough to fore her condition as she had recorded the video from inside bathroom of a vila where she was allegedly house arrested.
The phone number is apparently on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of Israeli-based firm NSO Group. The list was leaked to major news outlets.
The discovery of the princesses’ phone numbers on the list – and those of some acquaintances – has raised questions about whether they could have been the possible target of a government client of the group.
Human rights organisation Amnesty International has issued a statement alleging that the find implicates NSO Group in the catalogue of human rights violations inflicted on the women. It calls for regulation to rein in an unchecked surveillance industry. NSO has denied any wrongdoing.
It says the software is intended for use against criminals and terrorists, and is made available only to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies with good human rights records.
Original investigation which led to the reports – by Paris-based NGO Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International – was full of wrong assumptions and uncorroborated theories, the Israel-based group said.
