More Than A Dozen Journalists Sue Israeli Spyware Company NSO Group: For Enabling Surveillance On Their Phones

#News #Cybersecurity #NSOgroup #privacy #Journalism #Journalist #Pegasus #Surveillance #FreePress #APT

https://www.cyberscoop.com/nso-group-journalists-suit-el-salvador/

More than a dozen journalists sue NSO Group in U.S. court over alleged spyware targeting

The lawsuit is the third against the Israeli firm in the U.S., but the first brought by journalists.

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The attacks on Journalists occurred while they reported on misbehavior at the El Salvador embassy

Let's not beat around the bush: #spyware / #malware for hire tools (such as #Pegasus), best serve #totalitarian regimes.

Many say merely having access to this type of tool influences democratic gov's to become more totalitarian in nature...

Leveraged as tool of "diplomacy".

In many cases, used to prevent gov accountability.

#Journalism #FreePress #privacy #NSOgroup
https://sazele.com/the-anatomy-of-spyware-why-pegasus-affects-all-of-us/

The anatomy of spyware: Why Pegasus affects all of us - Sazele

Security agencies have had their eyes on NSO Group and its Pegasus spyware for some time now. However, in July 2021, it became clear that the Israeli company was enabling governments to spy on journalists, politicians, and human rights activists, among others. The software, which was supposed to be used to fight terrorism, has thus became […]

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