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After cutbacks and CEO departure, what’s next for the controversial NSO?
22.08.22
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CTech
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
NSO lays off 100 employees, CEO Shalev Hulio to step down
21.08.22
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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
"The Marari report shows a severe violation of the privacy and rights of suspects"
04.08.22
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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."
Marari report: "Police exceeded its authority. Failings in the use of tapping systems"
02.08.22
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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
The NSO scandal: We are asked to believe police did everything "in good faith"
02.08.22
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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
"Governments make citizens believe they are safer when they are being tracked. This is bullshit"
26.04.22
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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
Senior EU officials were targeted with Israeli spyware
11.04.22
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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
No one was immune: Israel Police Pegasus surveillance list revealed
07.02.22
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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
Police confirm for the first time: There have been irregularities in the use of NSO software
02.02.22
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Zvi Zerahia
Ministry of Justice orders the establishment of an investigation team that will submit conclusions within 5 months
NSO subsidiary companies involved in intercepting drones and hacking IoT devices
26.01.22
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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
NSO Chairman quits company amidst ongoing turmoil
25.01.22
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Meir Orbach
Asher Levy, who served as Chairman since April 2020, has left the embattled company behind the Pegasus spyware
Israeli police used NSO’s Pegasus to spy on local mayors, their relatives
23.01.22
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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
Step-by-step: How Israel Police used NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens
20.01.22
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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
Israel Police used Pegasus to track activist's secret use of gay dating app
20.01.22
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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
Move over NSO: Israeli police is paying private hackers to spy on citizens
19.01.22
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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
Israel police uses NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens
18.01.22
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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
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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
Israel defense ministry slashes cyber export list, drops Saudi Arabia, UAE
25.11.21
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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
Apple files lawsuit against NSO Group, saying U.S. citizens were targets
23.11.21
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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
NSO would-be CEO steps down just two weeks after joining embattled company
11.11.21
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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
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