"Security firm iVerify said a leader of a big company was among several individuals whose iPhones were recently targeted with the Pegasus spyware.

While journalists, human rights defenders, lawmakers, and political officials are frequent targets of state surveillance, reports of spyware compromising the phones of business leaders are rare, but not unheard of. The findings come as a fresh warning that spyware typically used by governments under the guise of preventing serious crime and terrorism can also be misused for commercial espionage.

In a call with TechCrunch this week, iVerify chief executive Rocky Cole declined to name who was targeted, but said that the spyware targeted a business “that you’ve heard about.” Cole, a former analyst at the National Security Agency, said the business leader, who iVerify is in contact with, was “completely surprised” by the attempt to compromise their phone."

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/04/business-leaders-among-pegasus-spyware-victims-says-security-firm/

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