NSO Group Technologies is an Israeli company that also exports its products from Bulgaria and Cyprus (2).ġ. Can the Commission explain whether any EU funding has ever directly or indirectly funded NSO Group Technologies, and whether or not the Commission has ever been in contact with this company? If so, why?Ģ. Will the Commission investigate how the EU policy for the control of exports and for the transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items has been followed in this case, and whether or not the Bulgarian and/or Cypriot export control authorities have been involved?ģ.

The Hungarian Government is also believed to use this surveillance software to target the phones of independent journalists (1). It has been reported that the governments of Morocco, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan, among others, are all clients of Pegasus. On 18 July 2021, it was revealed that governments have massively targeted human rights activists, journalists, politicians and government officials across the world using Pegasus, a hacking software sold by NSO Group Technologies.

For years, it has insisted that its primary product, Pegasus.

Priority question for written answer P-003661/2021 Pegasus is the hacking software or spyware that is developed, marketed and licensed to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group. NSO Group creates surveillance and hacking software that it leases to governments to spy on individuals’ computers and smartphones.

Pegasus hacking software