Ikigo cya Israel gikora ibikoresho na gahunda by’ikoranabuhanga cyakoze uburyo(software) bita Pegasus, bufite ubushobozi bwo kumenya ibyo abantu baganira kuri telefoni zabo bakoresheje uburyo hafi ya bwose harimo na WhatsApp.
Iri koranabuhanga rishobora kwinjira muri telefoni yawe ubizi cyangwa utabizi bukamenya amakuru ahagije ayibitswemo.
Ryakozwe n’Ikigo kitwa NSO Group Technologies, kikaba ari ikigo gishinzwe gukora ibikoresho n’uburyo bw’ikoranabuhanga bufasha mu kwirinda ibitero bikoresha ikonabuhanga ryifashisha murandasi.
Pegasus ituma umuntu cyangwa ikigo runaka ashobora kumenya ibyo ijisho rya telefoni yawe( camera) rireba, ibyo micro yayo yafashe nk’amajwi ndetse na message, e-mails yakiriye n’aho nyiri telefoni aherereye.
Ukurikije ibitangazwa n’ikigo cy’Abarusiya gikora uburyo bw’ikoranabuhanga bwo kurinda virus kwinjira muri mudasobwa kitwa Kaspersky ushobora kwanzura ko Pegasus igenzura byose biri muri telefoni y’umuntu.
Kaspersky ivuga ko umuntu wa mbere watumye abandi bamenya ko ririya koranabuhanga ririho ari umuturage wa Leta ziyunze z’Abarabu witwa Mahmed Mansoor, icyo gihe hari mu mwaka wa 2017.
Yari impirimbanyi y’uburenganzira bwa muntu, nawe akaba yari ari mu bantu bumvirizwaga hifashishijwe Pegasus.
Mansoor amaze kubona ko hari e-mails nyinshi zamugeragaho akabona ko zishobora kuba zirimo virus, yagize amakenga ajya kubaza impuguke mu ikoranabuhanga ngo zimurebere ibyo ari byo.
Yagannye ikigo kitwa Citizen Lab hanyuma nacyo kifashisha ikindi kitwa Lookout ngo bifatanye kureba iby’izo emails, nyuma baza kubona ko zifitemo uburyo bwo kumenya amakuru y’uwo biherereje ziriya emails.
Nyuma nibwo baje guha ririya koranabuhanga izina Pegasus.
Ngiryo ikoranabuhanga ryakozwe na Israel rifite ubushobozi bwo kumenya ikiri muri telefoni yawe, ubizi cyangwa utabizi.
Rifite ubushobozi bukomeye k’uburyo rishobora kumenya ibiri muri telefoni z’amoko yose yaba ikoresha uburyo bwa Android cyangwa uburyo bwa iOS.
