HRW regional director's phones were hacked with spyware made by the Israeli company NSO, while she was investigating Israel's conflict with Hamas in Gaza and the Beirut port explosion
NSO's software was used to"maliciously target" officials, journalists, activists and business people.
The cellphones of Lama Fakih, who is based in Lebanon and oversees the US-based group's response for countries ranging from Syria and Israel to Myanmar and Ethiopia, was targeted five times last year, HRW said on Wednesday. At the time of the hacks, Fakih said her work included covering the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and an investigation into the devastating 2020 Beirut port explosion.READ MORE:HRW said it was told by NSO that the company was not aware of any active NSO customer using its technology against an HRW staff member, and that it would assess whether an investigation was warranted.
"However, any call to suspend these life-saving technologies until such a structure exists is naive and would only benefit the terrorists, paedophiles and hardened criminals who will evade surveillance and apprehension."
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