Pegasus

spyware software created by the NSO Group based in Israel
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Summary

Pegasus is a spyware[1]. Pegasus draws 4,334 Wikipedia views per month (spyware category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pegasus is the creator of NSO Group[3].
  • Pegasus's instance of is recorded as spyware[4].
  • Pegasus's founder is recorded as NSO Group[5].
  • Pegasus is named after Pegasus[6].
  • Pegasus's operating system is recorded as iOS[7].
  • Pegasus's operating system is recorded as Android[8].
  • Pegasus's Commons category is recorded as Pegasus (spyware)[9].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as journalist[10].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Amnesty International[11].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública[12].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Ahmed Mansoor[13].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Carmen Aristegui[14].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Aristegui Noticias[15].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Carlos Loret de Mola[16].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad[17].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez[18].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Al Jazeera[19].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Wikimedia Hungary‎[20].
  • Pegasus's target is recorded as Shlomo Filber[21].
  • Pegasus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as August 2016[22].
  • Pegasus's described at URL is recorded as https://citizenlab.ca/2018/09/hide-and-seek-tracking-nso-groups-pegasus-spyware-to-operations-in-45-countries/[23].
  • Pegasus's described at URL is recorded as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfOgm1IcBd0[24].
  • Pegasus's described at URL is recorded as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltGOT7tA5iI[25].
  • Pegasus's described by source is recorded as Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU[26].
  • Pegasus's used by is recorded as United Arab Emirates[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Pegasus is the creator of NSO Group[3].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Pegasus include Pegasus Project[28], a scandal[29].

Why It Matters

Pegasus draws 4,334 Wikipedia views per month (spyware category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] Pegasus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Pegasus is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Pegasus include Pegasus Project[28], a scandal[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . citizenlab.ca. citizenlab.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . amnesty.org. amnesty.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . citizenlab.ca. citizenlab.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . amnesty.org. amnesty.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . citizenlab.ca. citizenlab.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . citizenlab.ca. citizenlab.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . citizenlab.ca. citizenlab.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . citizenlab.ca. citizenlab.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . citizenlab.ca. citizenlab.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . m.ynet.co.il. m.ynet.co.il. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . bbc.com. Retrieved . bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · ~2026-53631-48 · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', '
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  2. 16d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
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    Instance of → spyware
    Target → journalist, Amnesty International, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública +9
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