Facebook Wanted NSO Spyware to Monitor Users, NSO CEO Claims

Facebook Wanted NSO Spyware to Monitor Users, NSO CEO Claims

3 years ago
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pke9k9/facebook-wanted-nso-spyware-to-monitor-users

Facebook representatives approached controversial surveillance vendor NSO Group to try and buy a tool that could help Facebook better monitor a subset of its users, according to an extraordinary court filing from NSO in an ongoing lawsuit.

Facebook is currently suing NSO for how the hacking firm leveraged a vulnerability in WhatsApp to help governments hack users. NSO sells a product called Pegasus, which allows operators to remotely infect cell phones and lift data from them.