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NSO Group admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its Pegasus spyware, say unsealed court documents
Newly unsealed documents brought by a WhatsApp lawsuit shows NSO Group's spyware, Pegasus, was used to hack as many as "tens of thousands” of devices.
On Thursday, WhatsApp scored a legal victory by convincing a U.S. federal judge to publicly release three court documents that include new revelations about the inner workings of Pegasus, the spyware made by Israeli surveillance tech maker NSO Group. The documents also reveal that NSO disconnected 10 government customers in recent years from accessing the Pegasus spyware, citing abuse of its service. “The evidence unveiled shows exactly how NSO’s operations violated U.S. law and launched their cyber-attacks against journalists, human rights activists and civil society,” WhatsApp spokesperson Zade Alsawah said in a statement sent to TechCrunch.
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