Indian journalists are alarmed at the possibility of their phones being hacked and there's good reason.
Two dozens of Indians journalists and activists were spied upon via an infamous spyware called the Pegasus which has been developed by the NSO group. But it doesn’t stop there, these Indians are only some of the 1,400 people worldwide who were under this surveillance.

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If you have a phone, you probably have WhatsApp and this was the very app that the Pegasus spyware used to get into people’s phones.

Why WhatsApp? Actually, the question is why not? It’s the most popular messaging app which has more than 1.5 billion users worldwide who use it for work, daily communication, to share news, photos, videos, audio, etc.
So what is Pegasus and how does it work? Who is trying to spy on journalists and activists and most importantly why? Are you at risk? Tune in to The Big Story for more!

Also Read: ‘It’s Clear Who’s Spying & Why’: WhatsApp-Pegasus Attack Targets

Editor and Host: Shorbori Purkayastha

Guests:
Abhinandan Sekhri, Journalist, Newslaundry
Maya Mirchandani, Fellow at Observer Research Foundation
Praveen Swamy, Journalist, Firstpost
Ravish Kumar, Journalist, NDTV
Nidhi Razdan, Journalist, NDTV
Suhasini Haider, Journalist, The Hindu
Apar Gupta, Executive Director, Internet Freedom Foundation
Sushovan Sircar, The Quint
Cyrus John, The Quint

Reporter: Anthony Rozerio

Editor: Shelly Walia

Music Credits: Big Bang Fuzz

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