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תוכנת ריגול פגסוס NSO

After cutbacks and CEO departure, what’s next for the controversial NSO?

The surveillance firm, which makes Pegasus software, has been contending with legal action after allegations that its tools were misused by governments and other agencies to hack mobile phones

שלו חוליו על רקע משרדי NSO במושב ספיר

NSO lays off 100 employees, CEO Shalev Hulio to step down

21.08.22|Meir Orbach

The much-maligned offensive cyber company will be parting ways with around 15% of its workforce, while long-standing CEO Hulio will focus on the sale of the company, which has been under intense scrutiny since last year for the sale of its Pegasus hacking tool

עו"ד עמית מררי על רקע תוכנת ריגול פגסוס NSO

"The Marari report shows a severe violation of the privacy and rights of suspects"

04.08.22|Omer Kabir

Attorney Eitay Mack, who previously petitioned against NSO, criticized the conclusions of the Marari Committee's report and claimed that the committee should have recommended banning the use of spyware: "In a democratic country, law enforcement authorities must not have powerful systems such as Pegasus."

רוני אלשיך ו קובי שבתאי מפכ"לי ה משטרה מיין רחב

Marari report: "Police exceeded its authority. Failings in the use of tapping systems"

02.08.22|Tomer Ganon

The Marari report, which investigated the use of spyware by police, including NSO’s Pegasus, found that information was extracted from mobile devices in violation of the law, as well as serious failures in supervision and control procedures by police

עו"ד עמית מררי על רקע תוכנת ריגול פגסוס NSO

The NSO scandal: We are asked to believe police did everything "in good faith"

02.08.22|Moshe Gorali

Although "the police did not fully understand the meaning of the system", we are required to believe that an iron wall was erected between its operators and the investigators, and to believe that excess information, that is forbidden to be seized, did not pass and was not used by the investigating unit - and that everything was done in good faith

חברת הפרלמנט האירופי מטעם הולנד סופי אינטוולד

"Governments make citizens believe they are safer when they are being tracked. This is bullshit"

26.04.22|Viki Auslender

Sophie in 't Veld, a member of the European Parliament, will chair the commission of inquiry into the use of spyware such as NSO's Pegasus in EU countries. The inquiry will examine, among other things, whether existing laws allow for effective surveillance, and whether espionage has been used for political purposes

משרדי NSO אזור התעשייה ספיר בערבה

Senior EU officials were targeted with Israeli spyware

11.04.22|Reuters

The officials are believed to have been hacked by ForcedEntry, an advanced piece of software that was used by Israeli cyber surveillance vendor NSO Group to help foreign spy agencies remotely and invisibly take control of iPhones. A smaller Israeli spyware vendor named QuaDream has also sold a nearly identical tool to government clients

רמי לוי מרים פיירברג ו אבנר נתניהו

No one was immune: Israel Police Pegasus surveillance list revealed

07.02.22|Tomer Ganon

CEOs of government ministries, journalists, tycoons, corporate executives, mayors, social activists, and even the Prime Minister’s relatives, all were police targets, having their phones hacked by NSO’s spyware, prior to any investigation even opening and without any judicial authorization

מימין קובי שבתאי שלו חוליו רוני אלשיך משטרה NSO

Police confirm for the first time: There have been irregularities in the use of NSO software

02.02.22|Zvi Zerahia

Ministry of Justice orders the establishment of an investigation team that will submit conclusions within 5 months

שירי דולב נשיאת NSO ועידת כחול לבן

NSO subsidiary companies involved in intercepting drones and hacking IoT devices

26.01.22|Meir Orbach

A petition filed to the Tel Aviv District Court provides a glimpse into the NSO Group’s widespread activities. Wayout is the most secretive of them all, and its founder is the group’s president’s brother

ועידת התחזיות 2018 אשר לוי מנכ"ל אורבוטק

NSO Chairman quits company amidst ongoing turmoil

25.01.22|Meir Orbach

Asher Levy, who served as Chairman since April 2020, has left the embattled company behind the Pegasus spyware

רוני אלשיך ו קובי שבתאי מפכ"לי ה משטרה מיין רחב

Israeli police used NSO’s Pegasus to spy on local mayors, their relatives

23.01.22|Tomer Ganon

Police tapped phones of three heads of local authorities, whom law enforcement suspected of engaging in corrupt activity, but no evidence was found and no indictment filed; some were detained, with their homes searched

NSO משטרה תמונת כתבת מוסף לרוחב

Step-by-step: How Israel Police used NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens

20.01.22|Tomer Ganon

Marking the target, hacking the phone, filing the information, real-time tracking and data analysis - Calcalist reveals what every step of the spyware operation looked like

משטרה NSO כתבת מוסף

Israel Police used Pegasus to track activist's secret use of gay dating app

20.01.22|Tomer Ganon

Police officer who was in charge of tapping activist's phone with NSO’s spyware, called individual a 'danger to democracy', claimed info on his use of Grindr while married 'serves as leverage' in investigation

קובי שבתאי מפכ"ל ה משטרה

Move over NSO: Israeli police is paying private hackers to spy on citizens

19.01.22|Tomer Ganon

The police’s cyber division employs external hackers to collect intelligence on targets. The hackers don’t have security clearance, were not trained as police officers, and are exposed to extremely private and secret information

מימין קובי שבתאי שלו חוליו רוני אלשיך משטרה NSO

Israel police uses NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens

18.01.22|Tomer Ganon

Mayors, leaders of political protests against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and former governmental employees, were among those tracked by police without a search or bugging warrant authorizing the surveillance

The forgery and fraud history of the intelligence officer blacklisted by Meta

20.12.21|Tomer Ganon

Bluehawk, owned and founded by Guy Klisman, was among half a dozen companies called out by Facebook owner Meta for hacking or other abuses

מטה NSO הרצליה סייבר 2

Israel defense ministry slashes cyber export list, drops Saudi Arabia, UAE

25.11.21|Meir Orbach

The Ministry of Defense has reduced the number of countries approved for export of cyber tools by Israeli companies from 102 to 37

משרדי NSO בערבה

Apple files lawsuit against NSO Group, saying U.S. citizens were targets

23.11.21|Reuters

The iPhone maker is the latest in a string of companies and governments to come after NSO, the maker of the Pegasus hacking tool that watchdog groups say targeted human rights workers and journalists

איציק בנבנישתי מנכ"ל פרטנר 16.8.20 ועידת Mind The Tech

NSO would-be CEO steps down just two weeks after joining embattled company

11.11.21|Golan Hazani

Itzik Benbenisti was named as the spyware company's new CEO last month, but announced that he is leaving on Thursday following NSO’s blacklisting by the U.S. Commerce Department