NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on previous hacking attempts

Re:NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on pre... by tremon on Sunday October 24, 2021 @06:14PM (#28982422)

IIRC, within the FBI’s jurisdiction and international don't go together. Isn't the FBI restricted to operating nationally only?

But to answer your question more fully, you can't solve this problem without supranational cooperation. A "police force" working to safeguard the Internet would have to work under authority of the UN, not any single nation.

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Re:NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on pre... by wolverine876 on Sunday October 24, 2021 @06:45PM (#28982635)

The UN isn't a government; it has no real legal authority (international 'law' is something different), no law enforcement. It has no legitimacy - who elected them?

It's an association of governments, where they get together and organize things. All the power is in the individual governments. There are some grey areas and exceptions, but overwhelmingly the above is the case.

The UN could coordinate cybercrime law and national agencies.

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Re:NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on pre... by buildbuildbuild on Sunday October 24, 2021 @10:38PM (#28983982)

The U.S has an MLAT with Israel and routinely extradites. If the crime was committed on U.S. soil (intrusion, conspiracy), my understanding is that it is within U.S. jurisdiction.

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Re:NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on pre... by loopback_device on Sunday October 24, 2021 @06:55PM (#28982705)

There is INTERPOL

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Re:NYT journalist hacked with Pegasus after reporting on pre... by not2b on Sunday October 24, 2021 @10:31PM (#28983947)

Which is just a communications mechanism, it doesn't have any enforcement power on its own.

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