OPPOSITION LEADERS on Sunday said the revelations of Indian cellphone numbers being targeted by Pegasus spyware were quite “serious” and argued it was an assault on constitutional rights and an invasion of privacy. This is not something that the government can run away from,” Congress deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma told The Indian Express. “The phones of leaders in opposition, journalists, editors, Supreme Court judges, prominent business leaders are being tapped. “The tentacles of the spy state have come to ministers, judges, journalists and opposition leaders. NSO, which owns Pegasus, has repeatedly clarified that it sells its services to “vetted governments” alone.

Source: Indian Express July 18, 2021 22:16 UTC