برنامج التجسس "بيغاسوس" يُنعش مبيعات الهواتف "غير الذكية" في إسرائيل

Reports on the police cultivation of the "Pegasus" spy program on the phones of citizens, activists, politicians and journalists, have revived the market of non -smart mobile devices, which are not related to the Internet, in Israel.

So far, mobile devices not related to the Internet have been preferred by the religious audiences who constitute 10% of Israeli citizens;But not after the fuss caused by the disclosure of the police planting the Pegasos spy program on the devices of citizens.

Pigasos is a software spy and sold by NSO GROUP, based in Israel.

Recently, international reports have been reported that it was used to penetrate the phones of officials, activists, opponents and journalists around the world.Human Rights Watch says in a report early this year, the software is surreptitiously carried on mobile phones..

The report adds: Once downloaded on the device, the customer becomes able to convert it into a strong control tool through full access to the camera, calls, photos, videos, microphone, email, text messages, and other features, allowing monitoring the target person and contacts.

Attack

"This is an advanced and complex attack technique, effective in penetrating devices, and it is also difficult for the target to discover or prevent it," added Human Rights Watch..

While the software is able to penetrate smart mobile phones, it has not been recorded any information about it enables it to penetrate the mobile devices that are not related to the Internet.

Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman alluded to that on Monday, when he tweeted a picture of him on his Twitter account while carrying a mobile device that is not connected to the Internet.

"For years so far, everyone was asking me how to coexist without a smartphone, today everyone understands that I live in a wonderful way!"..

Lieberman's tweet coincided with the publication of the Israeli newspaper "Calcalist".

The newspaper published a list of 26 activists, politicians and journalists, which said they were victims of this legal transgression.

The Israeli police, officially, did not recognize this software, only indicating that it decided to use the software with a judicial permission against 3 people, and succeeded in penetrating one phone only of them.

The Israeli government is examining the credibility of the report, without deciding to form an official investigation committee so far.However, the reports affected the mobile sales market that is not related to the Internet.

Correspondence platforms

The devices that are not associated with the Internet do not allow the download of correspondence platforms, which are essential for hacking mobile phones.

The Israeli news website said that while the spyware case shakes the police and the legal and political system in Israel, there are those who are happy.

The Israeli company imported for Nokia devices (Nokia) was quoted by the registration of an increase in the sales of the devices that are not associated with the Internet by 200%.

According to the company's data, 4,000 non -smart mobile devices have been sold during the past three days, while between one thousand and two thousand devices are sold in the normal weeks..

According to market prices in Israel, the mobile devices that are not associated with the Internet cost about 10% of the price of the average smart device.

These unparalleled devices are still very popular among the Jewish religious people, and also by people who fear eavesdropping their calls..

"There is a significant increase in the sale of old generation phones, there is a crazy increase in sales of devices that are limited to communication and response, an increase in nothingness," said Liwaf Ron, director of the Nokia brand at the Israeli company Hi Group..

More than twice the sales rate

Ron added to Walla website: More than twice the rate of normal sales during a normal work week.

On the effectiveness of these devices in preventing espionage software, he said, "Pirates and law enforcement authorities can only answer this question."."In general, the distinctive phone of the old generation, which is not a smart phone, does not contain content such as (Facebook and Instagram" applications (Instagram ", so there is no much of the content that can be taken from the device.

And if he was afraid of a shortage of devices, Ron said, "If I had more old generation phones in the store, I would sell a lot, and we can demand at the external resource, but I cannot predict what will happen next.I can say that the inventory takes a shrinkage while I am talking to a resource abroad..