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The wife of murdered dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was targeted using phone hacking software which was sold to repressive governments, it was claimed yesterday.
Hanan Elatr’s phone number was found on a leaked list of over 50,000 alleged to have been identified as potential targets for governments using the military-grade spyware.
Presidents, prime ministers, human rights activists, business leaders and journalists, including the editor of the Financial Times, were said to have been included on the list.
The Guardian reported the data leak suggests ‘widespread and continuing abuse’ of spyware. Mr Khashoggi, 59, who was highly critical of Saudi Arabia’s royal family, was killed after he walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. It was claimed he was murdered by a hit squad and dismembered inside the building.
His Egyptian wife, 52, was reportedly among those whose phones were targeted. A United Nations investigation concluded Saudi Arabia was responsible for his death and there was ‘credible evidence’ to warrant an investigation into Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his top officials.
Hanan Elatr’s, murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi's wife, phone number was found on a leaked list of over 50,000 alleged to have been identified as potential targets for governments using the military-grade spyware
The Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, whose advisers include ex-PM Tony Blair’s lawyer wife Cherie, has repeatedly denied that its Pegasus software was used by Saudi officials to target Mr
