NSO Group and Candiru, both of which are blacklisted by the United States, are being asked to quickly upgrade their spyware capabilities to meet needs laid out by the country’s security forces
The Congress member also sought to know from the Home Minister as to what kind of surveillance and intelligence mechanisms are in place to check the arms smuggling, human trafficking, and smuggling of animal parts at the India-Myanmar border.
The inquiry committee — set up under the supervision of retired Supreme Court judge R V Raveendran — has also published a newspaper advertisement on January 2 calling for submission of phones by people who claim their devices were infected by Pegasus.