Govt rejects Amnesty International claim about use of Israeli spyware in Pakistan

The government has rejected a recent Amnesty International report alleging that a spyware made by an Israeli company was in use in Pakistan.

Citing a senior intelligence official, a media report said that the claim is an “attempt to malign Pakistan,” insisting there was “not an iota of truth” in them.

The claim came as a result of an investigation titled ‘Intellexa Leaks’, published Thursday by Amnesty International together with media partners in Greece, Israel and Switzerland

According to the report, a human rights lawyer from Balochistan approached Amnesty in summer 2025 after receiving a suspicious link on WhatsApp from an unknown number.

Technical analysis by Amnesty’s Security Lab reportedly confirmed that the link matched known infection patterns of Predator, a highly invasive spyware developed by Intellexa. 

The “Intellexa Leaks” draws on a trove of internal company documents, marketing materials and training videos, showing how Predator has been deployed for surveillance operations around the world.

According to Amnesty, the spyware can compromise a target’s device after a single “1-click” link, giving access to encrypted messages on apps like WhatsApp and Signal, as well as emails, call logs, passwords, device location, camera, microphone and more. 

Worryingly, the investigation also reveals that Intellexa developed a more advanced infection method, dubbed “Aladdin”, that could deliver spyware via mobile advertising, potentially infecting devices without any user interaction.