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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pegasus Project was a collaborative investigative journalism initiative undertaken by 17 media organisations. Pegasus is a spyware developed by the NSO Group, an Israeli technology and cyber-arms firm that can be secretly deployed on mobile phones and other devices, which run most versions of Android and iOS.

Detailed explanation-2: -History and uses of Pegasus spyware In Mexico, for example, the spyware assisted in the 2016 arrest of drug cartel leader El Chapo, and two years later the Saudi Arabian government used it to track Saudi journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi.

Detailed explanation-3: -It can be used to snoop on phones that run on Android and iOS systems. Seventeen international media groups, including The Guardian and The Washington Post, led the investigation into how Pegasus was used to allegedly extract messages and information from the phones of journalists, politicians and activists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pegasus Spyware is malicious software that is designed to infect a deceive, gather sensitive data, and send it to a third party without the user’s consent. This Pegasus spyware was developed by an Israeli firm, NSO Group to infiltrate Android and ios and use them as surveillance devices.