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The media report claiming India bought Pegasus spyware as part of a $2 billion defence deal with Israel in 2017 has triggered a major controversy with the Opposition alleging that the government indulged in illegal snooping that amounted to 'treason'.
The Congress on Saturday attacked the Centre over the report alleging that the government indulged in illegal snooping using the spyware which amounts to 'treason'.
The panel has asked the Pegasus victims to send the information before noon of January 7, 2022.
Log4j is a piece of free, open source software used by thousands of websites and business applications around the globe.
The three-member technical panel, which has been given wide ranging powers, would comprise eminent experts, Naveen Kumar Chaudhary, Prabaharan P and Ashwin Anil Gumaste and report to Justice Raveendran.
Customers of more than 27 Indian banks including major public and private sector banks have already been targeted by the attackers using this malware.
The tool developed by the Israeli firm, named NSO Group, defeats security systems designed by Apple in recent years.
The Centre said that the government will constitute a committee of domain experts to look into the allegations.
An international media consortium has reported that over 300 verified Indian mobile phone numbers were on the list of potential targets for surveillance using Pegasus spyware.
The brief written statement on the NSO Group came from Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt in response to a question in Rajya Sabha by CPI(M) member V Sivadasan.