Pegasus and the Law

The recent news regarding Pegasus, which is a surveillance software developed by an Israel-based cyber security company, has sparked a lot of controversies. This software revealed one of the largest and highly sophisticated cyber attacks that have been directed onto the civilians wherein this spyware was used to gain access to target phones in India. These targets include numerous journalists, opposition leaders, activists, etc. The “Pegasus Attack” allegedly violated the privacy of prominent...