Israeli foreign minister distances government from blacklisted NSO Group
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Saturday distanced the government from the NSO Group, a company blacklisted this week by the United States over alleged misuse of its cellphone hacking spy ware.
An investigation by 17 media organisations printed in July said NSO’s Pegasus software program program had centered smartphones of journalists, rights activists and government officers in various worldwide areas.
The agency sends its merchandise abroad beneath licences from Israel’s Defence Ministry, which has launched its private probe of the company’s practices after the alleged software program program misuse emerged.
No outcomes have been launched and Israel has given no indication so far that it was considering limiting the scope of NSO’s exports.
“NSO is a personal agency, it isn’t a governmental endeavor and subsequently even when it …