Arthur Greene
Ohulumeni emhlabeni jikelele – kubandakanya e-Rwanda, eNdiya nase-Morocco – basebenzise uhlelo olungayilungele ikhompiyutha ukuhlola izinkulungwane zabantu babo, kusho uphenyo olukhulu.
I-spyware wubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu, obubizwa nge-Pegasus, obenziwa yinkampani ezimele yase-Israyeli, ebizwa nge-NSO Group, futhi seyithengiselwe ohulumeni emhlabeni wonke.
Yize i-Pegasus ihloselwe ukusetshenziswa kuphela ezigebengwini nakubashokobezi, kuvele ngeSonto ukuthi ohulumeni abaningi bayisebenzisile ukuhlola izintatheli, osopolitiki, izishoshovu nabammeli.
Ukuputshuka kwalezi zindaba kuveze izinombolo zocingo eziyi-50,000 eziqondwe ngabasebenzi be-NSO kusukela ngowezi-2016.
I-spyware esezingeni lamasosha ichazwe njengenamandla amakhulu emlandweni. Isebenza ngokungena kumakhalekhukhwini futhi iqhube ukubhekwa kwamahora angama-24 ngezinhlelo zayo zokusebenza.
I-Pegasus ingathatha izithombe ezikumakhelekhukhwini nezingxoxo zombhalo, iqophe izingcingo, futhi iqophe oqondiwe ngekhamera yomakhalekhukhwini wakhe.
Izinombolo eziyizi-50 000 zidalulwe ku-Amnesty International, ebisebenza nezikhungo ezimbalwa zezindaba zomhlaba wonke ukuthola amagama angaphezu kwayizi-1 000 alawa.
Iningi lalaba bantu abaqondiwe bavela emazweni aphethwe abanye bohulumeni abacindezela kakhulu emhlabeni. Lokhu kufaka phakathi i-United Arab Emirates, i-Hungary ne-Saudi Arabia.
UNobhala-Jikelele we-Amnesty International u-Agnès Callamard uthe: “I-Pegasus Project ibeka obala ukuthi i-spyware ye-NSO iyisikhali esizikhethela ohulumeni abacindezelayo abafuna ukuthulisa izintatheli, ukuhlasela izishoshovu nokuqeda ukuphikisana, nokubeka izimpilo ezingenakubalwa engozini”.
Phakathi kwalabo abaqondiwe yi-Pegasus kubalwa uCarine Kanimba, oyindodakazi yesishoshovu sase-Rwanda uPaul Rusesabagina oboshiwe.
Imbangi yezepolitiki kaNdunankulu uNarendra Modi waseNdiya uNarendra uRahul Gandhi, naye uqondwe yi-Pegasus.
I-NSO inqabe “izimangalo ezingamanga” ezenziwe ngemisebenzi yamakhasimende ayo.