Pegasus: Global scandals are expanding.. Finland accuses the Israeli program of spying on its diplomats

 The Israeli company "NSO" that created "Pegasus" confirmed that it will cooperate in any possible investigation into spying on Finnish diplomats with this electronic program.

The Finnish Foreign Ministry announced, on Friday, that the mobile phones of a number of its diplomats were spied on using the controversial Israeli spyware "Pegasus".

 "We can now confirm the presence of spyware that penetrated the phones of our employees," said Mate Parvainen, the ministry's IT security officer.  He continued: According to the ministry, "the phones of diplomats only deal with general information or with a security rating that does not fall under the category of great confidentiality."

The targeted mobile devices belonged to Finnish diplomats working abroad, but the ministry refused to reveal how many were targeted or the identity of the attacker.

 In turn, NSO confirmed to AFP in a statement that it "is not aware of the facts but can confirm that it will assist in any investigation into this matter to determine whether misuse of our products has occurred."

 "If any misuse by one of our customers is detected, we will take immediate action, including canceling the customer's contract and system," added the company, which was added last November to the US blacklist of companies that threaten state security.

 The program was at the center of a global espionage scandal last year, after the spread of a list of fifty thousand parties that may have been spied on around the world, including journalists, political figures and human rights activists.

 The New York Times also reported in its Friday edition that Israel granted Saudi Arabia approval to use the "Pegasus" spy program, according to a $55 million deal signed between then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.