NSO

Spanish judge shelves investigation of Pegasus use for attacks on PM Sanchez, ministers

The judge in charge of the investigation assured that the Israeli authorities don't provide sufficient information to determine whether the cyberattacks were carried out using the Pegasus software.

 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.
 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.

NSO group names David Friedman chairman amid efforts to overcome US blacklist

 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.

In US, spyware has consequences: Pegasus to pay Meta punitive damages - opinion

 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.

Israeli spyware firm NSO to pay Meta $168m. in damages for hijacking WhatsApp servers


Police spyware use shows an alarming ends-justifies-the-means culture - comment

Where do the police get off tapping phones of people not suspected of any concrete wrongdoing? 

ISRAELI CYBER firm NSO Group’s exhibition stand is seen at ISDEF 2019, an international defense and homeland security expo held in Tel Aviv in 2019.

A different take on the NSO Group affair - opinion

The recent NSO affair is an opportunity for the Foreign Affairs Ministry to prove its strategic value and to chart a new course by introducing ethical dimensions into Israeli foreign policy.

 FROM HIS first day on the job, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid sought to make a clean break with past policy.

Police: 'There is no proof to spyware allegations, everything was legal'

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit said initial examination did not turn up evidence of systemic misuse of surveillance technologies.

Avicahi Mandelblit

Police chief on NSO: If there was abuse of power, we’ll fix it

Shabtai tries to shift focus of the NSO probe by saying Pegasus was used prior to his term.

Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai and head of Jerusalem police district Doron Turgeman meet with press near the Damascus gate, following the recent days of clashes between jewish right-wing extremists and Palestinians, April 24, 2021

British pension funds were used to buy stake in NSO - report

The retirement fund of the parent company of British Gas contributed significantly to buy a stake in the NSO Group.

 AN AERIAL view shows the logo of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert.

Israel Police must be investigated for using NSO's Pegasus - editorial

The use of these tracking technologies without such transparency is immoral at best, and the use of it without the proper permissions is outright unjustifiable.

An aerial view shows the logo of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert, southern Israel, July 22, 2021.

Three takeaways from NSO-police spying controversy - analysis

Many public officials and hi-tech experts have demanded legislation to enforce clearer limits on future police use of hacking technologies so it's not left to the personal discretion of investigators.

 A police officer uses a radar speed gun to track drivers in violation of the speed limit, 2022

In recent NSO affair, who will public believe: police or press? - analysis

The solution to an abuse of technology is not to ban the technology, but to effectively regulate it.  

 A man walks past the logo of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert, southern Israel July 22, 2021

Gideon Sa'ar: Reports about NSO, police must be checked

"There is an unbridgeable gap between the claims in the Calcalist article and the official statements of the police."

NEW HOPE leader Gideon Sa'ar, August 2, 2021

Knesset asked to probe Israel Police use of NSO spyware on citizens

MKs demanded to establish a commission of inquiry following reports Israel Police used NSO's cell phone hacking software Pegasus on citizens.

 AN AERIAL view shows the logo of Israeli cyber firm NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert.