https://theprint.in/diplomacy/intellexa-leaks-how-a-us-sanctioned-israeli-spyware-was-used-on-pakistanis/2799772/ Intellexa is widely regarded as one of the most notorious “mercenary spyware companies”, a term used by civil society groups and security researchers to describe private firms that develop surveillance tools and market them to governments.
Pakistani military expert and activist Ayesha Siddiqa said Tools like advanced spyware, she warned, would be used “to cow down civil society”, suppress protests and silence political dissent—behaviour she described as characteristic of authoritarian regimes. .. Pakistan on Friday rejected the Amnesty International report, dismissing the findings as unfounded and misleading.
Spyware makers such as NSO Group and Paragon have long insisted that they bear no responsibility for how customers use their tools, claiming they sell only to vetted governments fighting serious crime and terrorism and that they cannot see whom those governments target