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India tried to hack phones of Kashmiri leaders, forensic evidence shows

An India-based client of NSO Group tried to hack phones of over 25 Kashmiri leaders, including late Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mehbooba Mufti
Mehbooba Mufti says surveillance, as a concept for Kashmiris, is not new
Israeli firm denies records accessed by Pegasus Project have anything to do with surveillance.

SRINAGAR: An India-based government agency that is also believed to be a client of Israeli company NSO Group reportedly made hacking attempts on phones of over 25 Hurriyat leaders hailing from Indian occupied Kashmir between 2017 and mid-2019.

According to leaked record reviews by The Wire, besides Delhi-based Kashmiri journalists, more than 25 people from the held Kashmir Valley were selected as potential targets of intrusive surveillance.

The France-based journalism non-profit, Forbidden Stories, and Amnesty International accessed a massive list of 50,000 numbers which are believed to have been selected as potential targets of surveillance by 10 countries.

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