Apple Inc. announced Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group and parent company OSY Technologies, following allegations of surveillance and malicious targeting of Apple device users in the United States with Pegasus spyware. spyware of the israeli company.
The manufacturer of the iPhone devices announced that at the same time it seeks to prohibit the NSO Group from using any software of Apple services or devices as a precautionary measure against new violations.
Apple is the latest in a string of anti-NSO companies and governments to produce the Pegasus surveillance tool, which is said to target the human rights of workers and journalists.
Earlier in the month, U.S. officials blacklisted the company, according to the Commerce Department.
NSO is also facing either legal action or criticism from Microsoft Corp, Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc.
The Israeli company is said to be involved in circumventing security for products produced by the above companies, but also for selling this bypass in the form of cybercrime tools to foreign governments.
In a statement, the NSO said it was selling its tools only to governments and law enforcement agencies, and that there were safeguards in place for the Israeli company to prevent their misuse, stressing that “thousands of lives” had been saved. of its tools.
“Pedophiles and terrorists can operate freely in technological paradises, and we provide companies with the legal tools to combat this. “The NSO Group will continue to support the truth,” a spokesman for the Israeli company said in a statement.
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