Nephew of jailed Hotel Rwanda dissident hacked by NSO spyware

Researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, who are among the world’s experts at detecting surveillance of activists, journalists, and other members of civil society, found that at least one of Nsonzerumpa’s mobile devices had been infected with NSO’s spyware, which is called Pegasus, in October and November 2020. Once a phone is successfully infected, a user of Pegasus can manipulate its camera and microphone, intercept calls, read messages, and track a user’s location.

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