JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's former police chief said Wednesday that recent allegations about police using sophisticated spyware to hack the phones of prominent officials and protesters have “no bearing on

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Ex-Israeli police chief dismisses claims of spyware hacking

Israel’s former police chief says that recent allegations about police using sophisticated spyware to hack mobile phones of prominent officials and protesters have “no bearing on reality.”

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s former police chief says that recent allegations about police using sophisticated spyware to hack mobile phones of prominent officials and protesters have “no bearing on reality.” Roni Alsheikh was head of the national police during some of the alleged snooping. He said in a video released to the media on Wednesday that now that the names of alleged targets have been published “it’s possible to confirm or deny or get a …

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Roni Alsheikh was head of the national police force during some of the alleged snooping. Allegations that police illegally used the NSO Group's spyware Pegasus on the phones of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son and others. In addition members of Netanyahu's inner circle, other alleged targets of police surveillance include former ministry directors, mayors and political activists.

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