PTA says WhatsApp was involved in Pegasus Spyware

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has claimed that WhatsApp was used by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group to play a key role in using its hacking spyware.

PTA says WhatsApp was involved in Pegasus Spyware
 The investigation report issued by 17 media houses said that the mobile number used by Imran Khan at least once was in the list of India.

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) says WhatsApp was involved in spying for Pakistan with Pegasus Spyware.

It may be recalled that a few days ago, the Washington Post, The Guardian, Le Monde and other news agencies participated in the investigation into Israeli spy software.

The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has claimed that WhatsApp was used by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group to play a key role in using its hacking spyware.

The revelation came during a meeting of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Defense, in which senior officials were briefed on the recent investigations by 17 media organizations, which claimed that India was one of several countries that had committed human rights abuses. Rights activists use Pegasus to hack Smartphones.


During the briefing, PTA officials revealed that various countries around the world used Pegasus for spying purposes. WhatsApp encryption cannot be broken, but Pegasus hacks into a mobile microphone through a messaging application, which is only possible with the connivance of WhatsApp.

The Additional Secretary of Home Affairs said that Pakistani cybercrime laws have not been recognized anywhere in the world which impedes speedy investigation and legal action against such incidents.

The Director-General of Cyber Crimes FIA noted that the exchange of information on cybercrime from country to country has recently started and now different countries are sharing reports of various cybercrimes including dark web and pornography-related crimes.

He added that social media companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter provide access to their complaint portals where the PTA registers complaints regarding various cybercrimes. However, their response rate is only 34%, which includes most reactions to child pornography.

It may be recalled that according to the reports of foreign news agencies, the investigation report issued by 17 media houses said that the mobile number used by Imran Khan at least once was in the list of India.