Arsenal Report No. 4 Confirms Pegasus Attack on IPhone of Rona Wilson, Key BK Accused https://countercurrents.org/2021/12/arsenal-report-no-4-confirms-pegasus-attack-on-iphone-of-rona-wilson-key-bk-accused/
The present report identifies 49 different instances of Pegasus attack, and sometimes of successful infection, on Mr. Wilson's iPhone, between July 5, 2017 and April 10, 2018. This is striking given that Arsenal’s previous reports had already shown that Mr. Wilson’s computer had been hacked by the NetWire Remote Access Trojan (RAT) between June 13, 2016 and April 17, 2018 – covering the same period – in order to plant incriminating files on his computer. The same had been done to the computer of another accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, Surendra Gadling. Arsenal also confirmed that neither Mr. Wilson nor Mr. Gadling had ever opened the incriminating files in question.
Rona Wilson's iPhone Infected With Pegasus Spyware, Says New Forensic Report https://thewire.in/rights/rona-wilson-pegasus-iphone-arsenal Arsenal Consulting’s director Mark Spencer had termed the attack on Wilson’s computer as a case of “aggressive surveillance”. Etienne Maynier, technologist at Amnesty International’s Security Lab noted that while many SMS-es were used to target Wilson’s phone, it is not clear what led to the infection of his phone. “There is no evidence that he clicked on the links in the SMS but we have only a partial view of the activity of his phone from backup data,”
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*PEGASUS ATTACK OF iPHONE OF RONA WILSON, KEY ACCUSED IN BHIMA KOREGAON CASE: NEW FORENSIC REPORT CONFIRMS ATTACK FOR OVER A YEAR!* Forensic Reports had earlier shown that evidence was Planted on his Computer to Incriminate other accused
In the Bhima Koregaon case, sixteen leading human rights defenders, lawyers, scholars, and artists have been jailed without trial for over three years under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Speaking for the defense team, advocate Mihir Desai said that "the dual attack on Mr. Wilson's computer and phone over a period of two years is not just alarming, but something that should remind every democratic institution that illegal cyber - attacks can turn innocent citizens into alleged criminals who can then be jailed indefinitely."
It is now over 300 days since the first report revealing the NetWire attack and evidence-planting and nearly 150 days since the reports on the Pegasus attacks. Simple due diligence after these reports should have compelled the NIA to re-examine the devices... If the NIA does not even care to investigate these aspects, how can it claim its actions are legitimate?
Prime Time With Ravish Kumar: Probe Agencies Ignoring Foreign Reports On Pegasus Spyware? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evyQBaCD1fk Dec 17, 2021
Arsenal Report No. IV, released on 17th December, 2021
