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Pegasus: The Story of the World's Most Dangerous Spyware

Hardback

Main Details

Title Pegasus: The Story of the World's Most Dangerous Spyware
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Laurent Richard
By (author) Sandrine Rigaud
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 241,Width 162
Category/GenreTrue Crime
ISBN/Barcode 9781529094831
ClassificationsDewey:323.4482
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Macmillan
Publication Date 26 January 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Pegasus is almost certainly the most powerful piece of spyware ever developed. Installed by as little as a missed WhatsApp call, once on your phone it can record your calls, copy your messages, steal your photos and secretly film you. Those that control it can find out your daily movements: exactly where you've been, and who you've met. From a wayward princess who married into the royal family of Dubai, to the president of one of the most powerful and long-standing Republics in Europe and a reporter investigating arms deals being negotiated by the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the Trump administration. These three individuals and many more have been targeted by Pegasus - with sometimes deadly consequences. The personal data of the victims is captured by their own governments, foreign governments and even by private criminal enterprises. They have become, in an instant, vulnerable to blackmail, intimidation, false imprisonment and assassination. Some have already suffered these fates. Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud are award-winning journalists who have conducted international investigations for more than twenty years. Pegasus investigates how people's lives and privacy are being threatened as cyber-surveillance occurs with exponentially increasing frequency across the world, at a sweep and scale that astounds - and horrifies.

Author Biography

Laurent Richard is the founder and director of Forbidden Stories, a consortium of journalists that was awarded the 2019 European press prize and the 2021 George Polk award for its work continuing the investigations of threatened reporters. Sandrine Rigaud is the editor-in-chief of Forbidden Stories. Pegasus is their first book.

Reviews

Thrilling . . . a timely reminder of investigative reporting's power * New Statesman * Paced like a thriller, this is an expose of invasive malware, and a cautionary tale * The Economist *