This isn't a genre that I generally read, but this book caught my attention and I'm so glad that I gave it a try. The audiobook itself had wonderful narration by both narrators and the story was very fast paced. Although I do think that the book could have been shortened some without it affecting the story, because it felt long winded at points. Overall, this was a great book and very eye 0pening about the way technology has and probably still is being used in today's new world.

very well researched and presented audiobook about the origins and process of the Pegasus Project which uncovered the Israeli company NSO and their spyware which was infultrating tens of thousands of cell phones around the world - including those of politicians, journalists and activists at odds with many of the nation states using NSO's technology. Narrated by the two authors, it is well paced and maddening!

Pegasus, by Laurent Richard & Sandine Riguad, tells the tale of researching and publishing a series of articles about a hack of cell phones. It was also the scariest non-fiction book I have read since Hot Zone.
The book starts off simply enough explaining how the authors were first introduced to the world of Pegasus and what the puritan was believed to do. Then, for the next 26 chapters, the story weaves together the history of the journalists programmers, and editors involved in bringing the truth about Pegasus to light.
I had honestly heard only a small amount of this previously and quieted hope something that SHOULD have been a huge news story could have made as little impact as it has to this point. In listening, I found it was because numbers with American country codes were not supposed to be subject to infection by the spyware that makes up Pegasus. That being said, there were a couple of times when the authors seemed to indicate that American numbers had been compromised as well as those of people world-wide. This infected range from politicians, to journalists, to family and friends of those so some governments thought needed a closer watch.
This book is definitely worth reading and the audiobook (which switches from make to female narrator just as the book itself does) is a wonderful way to experience this story of the century.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read an advance copy of this audiobook.
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I love nonfiction books, especially when they’re covering political matters, secret operators and so forth. So after listening to the first quarter of this book I was really disappointed to realize that it wasn’t hooking me. While the deep dive into what Pegasus is, who created it and how it was being used is interesting it is also really fact and people heavy. I almost DNF’d. I’m glad I didn’t.

Around the fifty percent mark it started to flow, I felt more at ease with knowing who the players were and it started to get into the nitty gritty of publishing and what that would entail. By the time I got to 75% I couldn’t listen to it fast enough.

Overall it’s a great book, but as a heavy book I’m worried people will give up on it too early. What I really appreciated was the unbiased facts and the thoroughly laid out timeline to follow.

Thank you for giving me access to this ARC!

This is an important topic, and it has a good narrator. It also is great to have strong intro from a well-known media personality. As corporate and nation-state surveillance continues, a needed addition to our library's nonfiction colleciton.

Wow! What an eye-opening and frightening book. I had heard of a number of the people mentioned in this book, but I had no idea the impact cyber-attacks could be so involved, yet simple to infect. I know so many people in the world who own smartphones and are at a much lower level than the well-known individuals mentioned in this book. Still, it seems if those with a great deal of power can be infected with spyware such as Pegasus anyone can be infected.

This is a disconcerting account of the extremes people will go to in order to monitor the actions of others, as well as the courage journalists have in order to expose the individuals attacking with Pegasus, as well as other stories they have to tell.

Wow, I really got pulled in to this. The book follows many situations that relate to cybersecurity or lack there of. It first starts with phones being hacked, which is ‘the ark’ being breached by a malicious NSO hackers targeting journalist and powerful figures. This book is very relevant and current with the times and technology. So, if you enjoy things like Darknet Diaries, this is definitely a read for you. Some of the book could’ve been shortened. I felt like this should be ending with three hours left. The narrator is great, so I was able to push through. Best of all, it opened my eyes to the hidden dangers in the backdoor of my phone. Highly recommended read!