A shock wave has reverberated across Israel in recent months. The multi-billion dollar Israeli company NSO Group, which has been selling hacking tools to governments around the world for more than a decade, finds itself the focus of scrutiny after a series of public scandals. The crisis is so severe that even the company’s future is in question.
Regardless, the cyber products of the industry, which the NSO Group has so significantly shaped, are still very popular with governments. The hacking software business is booming: over the past ten years, the industry has developed from a novice to an important instrument of power for countries all over the world. Even the possible failure of a large company like the NSO Group is unlikely to slow growth.
As recently as December last year, Facebook reported that seven of these “hacking contract” firms from around the world had targeted around 50,000 people on the company’s platforms. In addition to companies from China, India and North Macedonia, the report named four other Israeli companies. The fact that the NSO Group was not even mentioned in the investigation shows that the industry and its target groups are far more extensive than the public normally perceives.
As a manufacturer, NSO Group has always avoided penalties
The allegations against the NSO Group are not new: The company has been confronted with criticism and allegations of abuse for years. 2016 were caught the United Arab Emirates how they targeted human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor with the help of the NSO program “Pegasus”. This exploits software errors to hack iPhones and hand over control to the customers of the NSO Group. In this case ..
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