The Parliamentary Committee on IT Affairs, headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, will hold a meeting on ‘Citizen Data Protection and Security’ related to Pegasus. This meeting will be held on July 28 and members of the Ministry of IT and the Ministry of Home Affairs will also be present in it. On the other hand, Shashi Tharoor tweeted regarding the Pegasus case and said, ‘It has been proved that the phone tested in India had Pegasus attack, because this product is sold only to the government.
The question arises which government? If the Indian government says that they did not do this, some other government did, then it is a matter of serious concern about national security.
He further said that ‘if it turns out that it is our government and it is authorized (to do so), then the Indian government needs to explain because the law only prohibits communication through the issue of national security, terrorism. allows for. It is illegal.’ This is not the first time the panel has raised the issue of Israeli spyware. In 2019, after the vulnerabilities of WhatsApp were revealed, the panel had heard about the issue from the concerned departments.
An international media association said on Sunday that over 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including two ministers, more than 40 journalists, three opposition leaders and a sitting judge, along with several businessmen and activists in India were hacked through the Israeli spyware Pegasus. Tried. These include Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, election strategist Prashant Kishor and the numbers of many big leaders, 40 journalists, Supreme Court judges and others, after which the issue has been heated.
America’s response –
A US Embassy spokesperson on Pegasus spyware surveillance said that we do not discuss security protocols, procedures or capabilities. We cannot comment on the specific details of any threats to our personnel or the steps we have taken to address them.
