Pegasus: The World's Most Dangerous Spyware
Surveillance · 6 Chapters · The Zero-Click Exploit That Compromised World Leaders
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In July 2021, a consortium of 17 international media organizations published the Pegasus Project — a forensic investigation that found Pegasus spyware on the phones of journalists, activists, heads of state, and business executives worldwide. The phones showed no signs of compromise. No unusual behavior. No suspicious links clicked. The spyware installed itself silently, activated the microphone, read encrypted messages, and transmitted everything home.
The phone in Franklin Green's pocket could be doing this right now. He'd never know.
This is not a theoretical vulnerability. It is not a future risk. It is a documented, ongoing industry — commercial spyware sold to governments, deployed against the people those governments find inconvenient, and designed from the ground up to be invisible to the target.
6 chapters. What Pegasus is, how it works, who it was used against, and what — if anything — can be done about it.
— Commander Shepard
