Saudi Arabia ordered to pay £3m to London dissident over Pegasus spying
High court finds kingdom responsible for hacking phones of Ghanem al-Masarir and for physical attack on himA judge has ordered Saudi Arabia to pay more than £3m in damages to a London-based dissident whose phones were targeted with Pegasus spyware.In a judgment handed down on Monday, Judge...
<p>High court finds kingdom responsible for hacking phones of Ghanem al-Masarir and for physical attack on him</p><p>A judge has ordered Saudi Arabia to pay more than £3m in damages to a London-based dissident whose phones were targeted with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/pegasus-project/all">Pegasus spyware</a>.</p><p>In <a href="https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2026/119?court=ewhc%2Fkb">a judgment handed down on Monday</a>, Judge Pushpinder Saini ruled that Ghanem al-Masarir was entitled to compensation for psychiatric harm sustained after discovering that his iPhones had been hacked, as well as a physical attack on him outside Harrods in central London.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/26/saudi-arabia-ordered-pay-london-dissident-pegasus-spying-ghanem-al-masarir">Continue reading...</a>
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