The Israeli Firm NSO — Makers of Pegasus Spyware — Must Be Banned

Apple has just filed a lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO for harming Apple and its users. Apple accuses NSO of “ powerful state-sponsored spyware against those who seek to make the world a better place,” thus indirectly incriminating Israel. This will further boost the case for banning all spyware.

The Biden administration’s decision earlier this month to “blacklist” NSO, whose infamous Pegasus software hacks smart phones, and another Israeli company, Candiru, which targets computers, may have been influenced by the growing outrage from U.S.-based tech giants about how NSO’s spyware is undermining their own systems’ security, thus threatening their markets.

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Read the full article at The Nation.