The shadowy, unregulated spyware industry is enabling authoritarian regimes around the world and is a threat to civil liberties

But experts doubt the South African intelligence community has the capacity even to establish whether Ramaphosa’s phone was compromised

Software that allows governments access to the electronic communications of its citizens is a gross violation of the right to privacy

South Africa is among the 45 countries where suspected spyware infections using a tool developed by NSO Group were identified