Pegasus is widely regarded as the most potent cyber-surveillance technology currently available, and any government that can pay its high price can purchase it. The NSO group, a private firm with its headquarters in Israel, which developed the system, brags about its capacity to stop terrorists and criminals: "Thousands of individuals in Europe owe their lives to hundreds of our company employees," they said in 2019. It's possible that's the case, but the Pegasus system doesn't simply catch criminals. Repressive governments have spied on thousands of innocent people, including journalists, heads of state, diplomats, advocates for human rights, attorneys, and political rivals. The technology is essentially undetectable and has the ability to monitor a person's everyday activities in real time, take complete control of the device's microphones and cameras, and record all movies, images, emails, texts, and passwords, whether they are encrypted or not. Even its full scope is unknown. This is the gripping story of how Pegasus was uncovered, written by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud, the two intrepid reporters who revealed the scandal in collaboration with an international consortium of journalists. They received a leaked list of 50,000 mobile phone numbers, but they needed to prove NSO?s involvement. After a dangerous and secretive investigation spanning the globe, their findings shook the world. Tense and compelling, Pegasus reveals how thousands of lives have been turned upside down by this unprecedented threat, and exposes the chilling new ways governments and corporations are laying waste to human rights ? and silencing innocent citizens.