was selecting the potential targets’Several of the top India-based aides to the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, figure on the list of potential targets for spying using the Pegasus spyware, according to a report on Thursday. The phone numbers of the Dalai Lama’s aides were among the list of 50,000 numbers accessed by Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International and shared with 17 media organisations. Israel’s NSO Group has said the numbers are not a list of targets of its Pegasus spyware and were not selected by the group. It noted that the number of long-term envoy Tempa Tsering appeared on the list during a period coinciding with the Dalai Lama’s meeting with former U.S. President Barack Obama in New Delhi. Other top aides of the Dalai Lama were also on the list, including Chhime Rigzing Chhoekyapa and Tenzin Taklha, who have also served as spokespersons for the Dalai Lama.

Source: The Hindu July 22, 2021 15:48 UTC