Spyware deployed in conflict zone targeting government critics

Varuzhan Geghamyan, an assistant professor at Yerevan State University, was targeted by Pegasus spyware.
Azerbaijan may have used NSO Group spyware to target government workers, journalists, activists, and the human rights ombudsperson in Armenia during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Invasive spyware called Pegasus, made by Israeli company NSO, was found on the phones of at least 12 Armenian journalists, politicians, and civil society members.
The report suggests that this is the first time the technology has been weaponized in an armed conflict between countries, with Armenia and Azerbaijan being the two countries involved.
The report calls for an immediate moratorium on the sale and transfer of spyware technology and highlights the need for governments to understand the serious threat posed by spyware.