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Facebook Sues Shadowy Israeli Cyberweapons Firm NSO Group Over WhatsApp Malware

At the time, WhatsApp told reporters that the attack has all the hallmarks of a private company known to work with governments to deliver spyware that reportedly takes over the functions of mobile phone operating systems, adding it had briefed human rights groups and civil society organizations on the breaches.

It claims that its tools are only sold to legitimate governments for purposes like counter-terrorism and fighting transnational organized crime.

But its CEO, Shalev Hulio, has justified using them to target journalists and lawyers, and the company has also said that it only learns of abuse from media reports.

They want the credibility of having powerful intelligence services as their customers, but at the same time they want to take credit only for the alleged successes while disclaiming responsibility for any of the alleged abuses, Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton told Bloomberg.

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