NSO ended Pegasus contract with UAE over Dubai leader’s hacking
By Michael Holden
LONDON (Reuters) -The Israeli-based NSO Group ended its contract with the United Arab Emirates to utilize its extremely efficient “Pegasus” state adware instrument because of Dubai’s ruler was using it to hack the telephones of his ex-wife and some close to her, her attorneys instructed England’s High Court.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, vp and prime minister of the UAE, instructed the hacking https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dubais-sheikh-mohammed-ordered-phones-ex-wife-lawyers-be-hacked-uk-court-says-2021-10-06 of six telephones belonging to Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, her attorneys and security group, England’s High Court dominated in a judgment which was made public on Wednesday.
The hacking occurred last 12 months via the couple’s ongoing multi-million dollar custody battle in London over their two children.
During the hearings, the courtroom heard that NSO had cancelled its contract with the UAE for breaching its tips on using …