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What will Apple do against Nso for the Pegasus case

What will Apple do against Nso for the Pegasus case

Apple wants compensation from Nso Group. Here because

Four months after the Pegasus affair broke out, named after the software that was used to spy on hundreds of decision makers, politicians like President Emmanuel Macron and activists via their iPhone, Apple will seek compensation.

The California-based company said Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against NSO Group, the Israeli company that makes the software, and asked the court to permanently ban NSO's programs on its devices and services. After being placed on the "black" list of banned companies by the Biden administration in early November, this is another blow to Israeli society.

by exploiting a flaw in Apple's operating system, the Israeli company was able to spy on the number of at least 180 journalists, 600 politicians, 85 human rights activists and 65 business executives, spyware, introduced in a smartphone, it allows you to extract messages, photos and emails from your phone, but also to record telephone conversations and activate the device's microphone. In September, Apple urgently had to repair a software flaw that Pegasus was able to exploit to infect iPhones, without users even having to click on trapped links or buttons.

"In the consumer electronics market, Apple devices are the safest, but companies that develop spyware on behalf of states have become even more dangerous," said Craig Federighi, vice president of the California software group.


This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/apple-nso-group-caso-pegasus/ on Sat, 27 Nov 2021 17:52:41 +0000.