Pegasus Project Interactive Map
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Introduction
One year after the publication of the Pegasus Project, the Pegasus map aims to gather all the information known
to date on the spyware. Victims, client countries, judicial and parliamentary investigations: find all this
information country by country on the Pegasus map, at the bottom of the page.
The Pegasus Project identifies more than 50,000 potential spyware targets in about 50 countries.
According to the data, the largest number of victims is concentrated in Mexico with more than 15,000 numbers
selected.
In total, the investigation identifies 12 client governments out of the 40 claimed by NSO, which has always
refused to reveal their nationality: Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Hungary,
India, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Rwanda and Togo.
Amnesty International's Security Lab experts analyze 67 smartphones whose numbers appear on the list of
potential
targets. In total, they find traces of Pegasus in 37 devices, including in
Azerbaijan...
In France, in Hungary, in India, or in Mexico.
Since the revelations of the Pegasus Project, dozens of other Pegasus victims have been identified - in
Spain,
Israel, Jordan, Poland and El Salvador among others.
In all, to date, evidence of Pegasus attacks has been found in the phones of more than 300 people of over 30
nationalities on four continents, including more than 110 journalists and more than 100 human rights
activists,
political activists and lawyers.
Five countries have confirmed that they have purchased the Pegasus spyware. Germany, Hungary, Poland, Spain,
Israel..
In the United States, the FBI confirmed the purchase of a "limited license" of the spyware but says there has
been "no operational use in support of any investigation" and that it uses the software "for product testing
and
evaluation only."
The impact of the Pegasus Project is global.
Immediately after the publication of the investigation, demonstrations are organized in several countries,
including Hungary and India, where the scandal, dubbed "Indian Watergate," also cause a political crisis.
Diplomatic tensions emerge, among others between France and Israel.
In one year, following the revelations on the use of the spyware, eight countries and the European Union
announce
the opening of judicial and parliamentary investigations.
Several complaints are filed against NSO Group, among others by Apple. After WhatsApp, this is the second Big
Four to sue NSO Group. (WhatsApp is officially supported in its complaint by tech giants like Microsoft,
Google
and LinkedIn). In November 2021, the United States blacklists NSO Group. Riddled with debt, the company is in
dire financial straits. Several media reports indicate that an American company is interested in purchasing
NSO
Group.
Countries
Click a country name to learn more about global surveillance.