New Delhi: Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, in his girl’s speech at Lok Sabha, said the report suspected of using spyware pegasus to compromise telephone data from several people was an effort to slander Indian democracy as a similar claim in the past has fallen flat.
“In the past, similar claims were made about the use of Pegasus on WhatsApp.
These reports do not have a factual basis and categorically rejected by all parties, including in the Supreme Court,” Minister said and added that it could not be a coincidence that the press report appeared The day before the Monsun Parliament session.
He said the report publisher had stated that it could not say if the numbers in the published list were under supervision.
“Without submitting a telephone to this technical analysis, it is impossible to convincingly states whether it witnessed the attack effort or was successfully compromised,” he told the report.
The company whose technology is thought to have been used has denied this claim directly.
“The process tested time in our country is established to ensure that unauthorized supervision does not occur,” Vaishnaw said.
The minister said that the latest report that the consortium received access to a database leaked 50,000 telephone numbers and that individuals who were linked to these numbers were questionable.
“Let’s check what NSO, a company that has technology, said.
Said: NSO Group believes that it claims that you have been given, based on misleading interpretation of leaked data from basic information, such as HLR search services, which do not have bearings on the target list Pegasus or other NSO products, “Vaishnaw said.
The minister said that India has an established protocol when it comes to supervision.
“I am sure my colleague in the opposition that has been in the government for years will be very aware of this protocol.
Because they have ruled the country, they will also be aware that all forms of illegal supervision are not possible with examinations and balances in our law and our institution Strong, “he added.
He said in India, this legitimate demand for commercial electronics was made according to the relevant rules under the provisions of Part 5 (2) of the Indian Telegraph Law, 1885 and Section 69 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
“Every case of interception or monitoring Approved by competent authority.
These strengths are also available for competent authorities in the state government as (procedures and protection for interception, monitoring and description of information) Rules, 2009, “said Vaishnaw.