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Citizen Lab found with a high degree of confidence that Abdulaziz had been targeted with Pegasus spyware linked to Saudi operators.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
Citizen Lab found with a high degree of confidence that Abdulaziz had been targeted with Pegasus spyware linked to Saudi operators.
Field
action
Value
Citizen Lab finding, October 1, 2018
About
incident 2018-saudi-arabia-pegasus-khashoggi-associate
Source
How the Saudis may have spied on Jamal Khashoggi
Publisher
Committee to Protect Journalists
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2018-10-31

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with a high degree of confidence