Lately, the Israeli malware firm, NSO Group, named one of the 20 worst digital predators in the world, has garnered the most scandalous headlines. Exposes published by 16 difference global media outlets noted it was spying on 50,000 cell phone numbers for police states and intelligence agencies in 50 client countries. But another Israeli company, […]
As Cellebrite Prepares for Public Offering, It’s Dirty Deeds Come Back to Haunt From Spying on Putin and Lukashenko's Enemies to Summary Executions in Bangladesh, the Israeli Spyware Company Has Blood on Its Hands
The Israeli spyware company, Cellebrite is, along with its blood cousin, NSO Group, known in the cyber-surveillance sector for producing the most advanced and intrusive technology on the world market. They’re also among the profitable with market valuations in the billions. I’ve regularly profiled the latter company. But Cellebrite has evaded some of the more […]
Saudis Used NSO Group’s Pegasus in Misogynist Smears of Female Journalists Legal Dispute Leads to Potential Company Sale to US Investor
The Israeli spyware company, NSO Group, has been in the line of fire after a major international investigation, Project Pegasus, exposed 50,000 cell phone numbers of world leaders, diplomats and military-intelligence officials, which company clients in 50 countries targeted for hacking. NBC reports that multiple female Middle Eastern journalists were targeted by Saudi intelligence and […]
Israel’s Unit 8200 Produces Spyware Far More Powerful Than Pegasus; and Mossad, Shin Bet Use It
Veteran Israeli journalist, Amir Oren, posted a series of tweets revealing news even more troubling than we’ve been reading about NSO Group. We thought we were dealing with a runaway Israeli company wreaking havoc among human rights activists, political dissidents and even national leaders in 50 countries. But it’s far worse than that. Where do […]
