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Saudi Arabia Ordered to Pay £3m to London Dissident Over Pegasus Spying

Summary by The Citizen Lab
Citizen Lab senior researcher Bill Marczak served as a key witness in a UK ruling that ordered Saudi Arabia to pay £3m to a London dissident who was targeted with Pegasus spyware. In 2018, Citizen Lab researchers discovered that a Saudi operator called KINGDOM was targeting dissidents abroad with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Saudi activist and political YouTuber Ghanem Al-Masarir was among those sent messages that contained links to KINGDOM, and…
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The Citizen Lab broke the news in on Monday, February 2, 2026.
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