New Delhi:The potential targets of Israeli spyware Pegasus included former chairman of Jet Airways Naresh Goyal, SpiceJet managing director Ajay Singh and the Essar Group's Prashant Ruia, according to the latest list of names released by The Wire.
The leaked list that has been analyzed by media partners of the Pegasus Project consortium reporting on the issue also includes numbers belonging to Rajeshwar Singh, a senior Enforcement Directorate officer, and V K Jain, a former Indian Administrative Service officer who worked as a personal assistant to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
In addition, the leaked records contain details of the numbers of at least one official each from the PMO and NITI Aayog, The Wire said. Last week, an international media consortium reported that over 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including those of two ministers, over 40 journalists, three opposition leaders besides scores of business persons and activists in India, could have been targeted for hacking through the Pegasus spyware of the NSO Group.
The government has been denying all Opposition allegations in the matter. Apart from Goyal, Ajay Singh and Ruia, ex-chief at GAIL India BC Tripathi was also on the list of potential surveillance targets, The Wire reported.
The list also includes Vikram Kothari of Rotomac Pens, his son Rahul, and C Sivasankaran, former Aircel promoter, the report said. There are at least three business executives, working in big corporate houses, who are also on the list, it said.
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