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    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      NSO Group Technologies
      Israel’s NSO considering sale or shutdown of Pegasus unit

      Military-grade spyware maker has faced scandals with product traced to high-profile phone hacks

    • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
      Israel
      EU-funded West Bank activists hacked by Pegasus spyware, says rights group

      Software found on Palestinian campaigners’ phones shortly before Israel designated NGOs as terrorists

    • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
      Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
      Dubai’s billionaire ruler targeted ex-wife with NSO’s Pegasus spyware

      UAE’s Sheikh Mohammed authorised agents to use military-grade software during court battle over welfare of children

    • Sunday, 18 July, 2021
      NSO Group Technologies
      Probe claims spyware used to hack journalists, activists and executives

      Investigative consortium alleges Pegasus software licensed to governments by NSO Group was misused

    • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Al Jazeera journalist sues Saudi crown prince and UAE leader over phone hack

      Ghada Oueiss alleges she was targeted in attempt to silence her and other critics of Saudi government

    • Friday, 24 January, 2020
      Ingram Pinn
      Ingram Pinn’s illustration of the week: One-click delivery

      Saudis alleged to have hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone

    • Wednesday, 22 January, 2020
      Cyber Security
      US businessman accuses UAE wealth fund of hacking emails

      Allegations part of a civil lawsuit involving Ras al Khaimah Investment Authority

    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      Prince Harry
      Prince Harry sues tabloid owners over alleged phone hacking

      Move suggests the courts have extended statute of limitations on breaches of privacy

    • Monday, 8 July, 2019
      Heather Mills wins ‘substantial’ settlement over phone hacking

      Murdoch-owned News Group gives ex-wife of pop star Paul McCartney ‘unmitigated apology’

    • Monday, 3 June, 2019
      Fund management
      Cartoon, June 3

      The everyday mobile phone user and spying in the digital age

    • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
      Marietje Schaake
      Governments must halt the spread of commercial spyware

      Surveillance tools are for sale to whoever can afford them

    • Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
      Special ReportCyber Security
      US and China back AI bug-detecting projects

      Labs are preparing to roll out automated tools that find security flaws posed by faulty computer code

    • Wednesday, 9 May, 2018
      Leveson inquiry and phone hacking scandal
      UK newspapers claim MPs vote is victory for press freedom

      Commons narrowly rejects case for a new inquiry into media behaviour

    • Wednesday, 10 January, 2018
      Leveson inquiry and phone hacking scandal
      Lords vote renews pressure for fresh UK phone-hacking probe

      May government plans Commons challenge to amendment calling for second Leveson inquiry

    • Friday, 30 June, 2017
      Newspaper industry
      Trinity Mirror sets aside extra £7.5m for phone-hacking claims

      Newspaper publisher earmarked £60m in total for cases amid further falls in print advertising

    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2017
      Law
      Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law admits hacking celebrity chef

      Chris Hutcheson alleged to have been searching for material useful in civil litigation

    • Friday, 3 March, 2017
      Telecoms
      Phone-hacking memories likely to send Fox bid for Sky to Ofcom

      Culture secretary is ‘minded’ to intervene on media plurality and standards concerns

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2016
      Newspaper industry
      News International executives in contempt of parliament over phone-hacking

      Colin Myler, former News of the World editor, condemned by committee of MPs

    • Monday, 18 January, 2016
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Elisabeth Murdoch set to return to television industry

      Daughter of mogul invests in new company that is in direct competition with father’s media empire

    • Wednesday, 7 January, 2015
      European companies
      Charlie Hebdo: Paris suffers murderous nightmare

      How carnage unfolded at magazine

    • Tuesday, 30 December, 2014
      World
      Corruption prosecutors suspended in Turkey

      Action taken against officials who led inquiry that led to the dismissal of four ministers

    • Monday, 29 December, 2014
      Oil
      Petrobras finds itself in deep water

      The national oil company is at risk of becoming a pariah

    • Monday, 22 December, 2014
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      Hello 2015: a make or break year for Mexico’s Peña Nieto
    • Friday, 19 December, 2014
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    • Thursday, 18 December, 2014
      The most popular stories of 2014

      Russia, China, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the Scottish independence referendum, robots, killer satellites and the debunking of ‘big data’ resonated with readers

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