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B. France and the tiny nation of Andorra are north of Catalonia. The Canadian-based digital rights group Citizen Lab reported that the controversial Pegasus spyware had infected more than 60 phones of pro-independence Catalans.
A. Pegasus spyware was developed and is sold by Israel’s NSO Group, which says it only sells its software to police and intelligence agencies. It is one of several Israeli companies that have made the country a center of the spyware industry.
D. Khashoggi, a frequent critic of Saudi Crown Mohammed bin Salman, was assassinated in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2018 murder of the dissident author by Saudi agents was recorded by Turkish intelligence. Bin Salman denied any involvement, and NSO said its software had no role in the crime. Last year, the U.S. blacklisted NSO over targeting the phones of dissidents, human rights activists, journalists and others.
D. Citizen Lab said last month that phones in the office of Britain’s prime minister had been hacked by Pegasus and tied the breach to the United Arab Emirates. Last year, France’s president changed his phone after reports he was targeted by Morocco. And, intelligence officials earlier this month said the phone of Spain’s prime minister had been infected by Pegasus planted by an “external" source.