The Former Israeli Spies Working in Top Jobs at Google, Facebook and Microsoft – MintPress - June 2023

AMintPress study has found that hundreds of former agents of the notorious Israeli spying organization, Unit 8200, have attained positions of influence in many of the world’s biggest tech companies, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon.

The Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) Unit 8200 is infamous for surveilling the indigenous Palestinian population, amassing kompromat on individuals for the purposes of blackmail and extortion. Spying on the world’s rich and famous, Unit 8200 hit the headlines last year, after the Pegasus scandal broke. Former Unit 8200 officers designed and implemented software that spied on tens of thousands of politicians and likely aided in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

#NSO #Pegasus #Israel #Unit8200 #ProjectNimbus #Google #Meta #Facebook #Microsoft #Intel #spyware #surveillance

Pegasus: the famous spyware attacks in the Dominican Republic | DominicanToday - May 2023

Santo Domingo.- On May 2, Amnesty International issued a warning about the notorious Pegasus spyware operating in the Dominican Republic. The organization specifically highlighted an attack on investigative journalist Nuria Piera and identified the country as the third in the Americas, following Mexico and El Salvador, where Pegasus has been confirmed to target both journalists and human rights advocates.

Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, stated, “After uncovering multiple cases in Mexico and El Salvador, we will persist in investigating any evidence suggesting further usage of Pegasus in the Dominican Republic.”

The Dominican Republic is not just a charming island in the Caribbean, some historical background :
https://revcom.us/en/a/476/american-crime-case-68-1965-us-invasion-of-dominican-republic-en.html

#Pegasus #NSO #DominicanRepublic #Carribean

The growth of commercial spyware based intelligence providers without legal or ethical supervision – Talos - July 2023

Attackers have long used commercial products developed by legitimate companies to compromise targeted devices. These products are known as commercial spyware. Commercial spyware operations mainly target mobile platforms with zero- or one-click zero-day exploits to deliver spyware. This threat initially came to light with the leaks of HackingTeam back in 2015, but gained new notoriety with public reporting on the NSO Group, and, in the years that have followed, the landscape has exploded.

There are now numerous companies with similar offerings, like Intellexa, DSIRF, Variston IT, and the newly disclosed Quadream representing just a small subset — there are likely more that are operating covertly today.

#Quadream #VaristonIT #DSIRF #Intellexa #NSO

Spanish court halts probe into Israeli spyware hacking of Pedro Sánchez’s phone - Politico - July 2023

Spain National Court announced Monday that the investigation into the phone hacking which targeted Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been put on hold, due to Israel's failure to provide information on the case.

Pegasus, a spyware product from the Israeli company NSO, was used to hack into Sanchez's phone between 2020 and 2021. The phones belonging to Spain's ministers of defense, interior and agriculture were also spied on. Around three gigabytes of information were allegedly stolen from Sánchez's phone.

José Luis Calama, a judge at Spain's National Court, said that "the very security of the state has been put in jeopardy," during the spyware hacks, as reported by local media Monday.The Spanish court asked Israel to provide information on the matter more than a year ago — but never received an answer..

#Spain #Pegasus #NSO

Facebook approached NSO to buy Pegasus spyware capabilities to monitor certain iOS users, according to a statement filed in a court case by the NSO CEO


WhatsApp vs. NSO Group, et al.
4:19-cv-07123-PJH

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6824735-Declaration-of-Shalev-Hulio-in-Support-of.html

#Pegasus #NSO #Israel #Facebook #Ios #Apple

😅Не знаю как можно смотреть без улыбки на такие новости/расследования.

😅I don't know how you can look at such news/investigations without a smile.

📑Who Paid for a Mysterious Spy Tool? The F.B.I., an F.B.I. Inquiry Found.
"When The New York Times reported in April that a contractor had purchased and deployed a spying tool made by NSO, the contentious Israeli hacking firm, for use by the U.S. government, White House officials said they were unaware of the contract and put the F.B.I. in charge of figuring out who might have been using the technology.
After an investigation, the F.B.I. uncovered at least part of the answer: It was the F.B.I."🤣
📑FBI Ordered to Find Out Which Agency Disobeyed White House in Secret Deal, Finds Out It Was Itself.
"Now, several months later, the bureau’s investigation is complete, and it turns out that the agency that disobeyed the White House and purchased the creepy NSO tool was...the FBI."🤣

#NSO_Group #unit8200 #FBI #investigation #WhiteHouse #spy_tools #Pegasus_Spyware

Israeli Shin Bet opposes Pegasus probe, cites security concerns | Al Mayadeen English – August 2023

The Israeli internal security agency, the Shin Bet, told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the "National Security Council" that it opposed Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin's proposal to grant an investigative committee the authority to probe the Pegasus spyware, according to I24news Israeli Website.

Levin is set to propose to the government on Sunday to grant the committee the authority to look into the Pegasus spyware scandal.

The Shin Bet informed Netanyahu and the security council of its opposition to Levin's proposal for several reasons, most notably the exposure of its capabilities to the Israeli public, which may lead to secrets being exposed.

#Pegasus #NSO #Israel #SinBet
#spyware

The FBI recently uploaded a heavily redacted file on Israeli spy firm NSO Group, the organization behind the Pegasus spyware:"

The FBI's response to Wyden's inquiry about the use of mobile ad IDs, along with significant sections covering the bureau's relationship with NSO Group, is fully redacted, adding to this is : no file download possible..

https://vault.fbi.gov/nso-group/nso-group-part-01/view


#FBI #Pegasus #NSO #US

New Flaw in Apple Devices Led to Spyware Infection, Researchers Say

Researchers at digital watchdog group Citizen Lab said on Thursday they found #spyware they linked to Israeli firm #NSO that exploited a newly discovered flaw in #Apple (AAPL.O) devices.

While inspecting the Apple device of an employee of a Washington-based civil society group last week, Citizen Lab said it found the flaw had been used to infect the device with NSO's Pegasus spyware, it said in a statement.

🔗Source: Reuters

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