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>NSO Group claiming they don't have money to pay WhatsApp > Launches a new logo and a video: www.linkedin.com/posts/nso-gr... Here's to another 15 years of human rights abuses! Congrats!

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Trovicor goes under 🇨🇦 ownership. “Trovicor was in the 2010s one of the very few European #spyware players to compete with Israeli operators in export markets. Trovicor has long been well established in several key markets, particularly in Southeast Asia.” www.intelligenceonline.com/surveillance...

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NEW: NSO Group is trying to avoid paying $167 million in damages to WhatsApp. In a court filing last week, the spyware maker asked the judge to order a new trial, or reduce the damages amount, arguing that the decision was “outrageous," and "reflects the improper desire to bankrupt NSO."

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A WhatsApp spokesperson said the appeal is “another expected attempt to claim impunity, in response to a strong message from the jury of US citizens deciding to punish NSO for its 2019 illegal attack against an 🇺🇸 company and its users.” ✍️ @suzannesmalley.bsky.social therecord.media/nso-group-ap...

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European governments have hired Palantir as well. But they prefer to keep quiet about it, as does the EU Commission.

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Quand l'achat de logiciels espions mercenaires #Pegasus à Israël 🇮🇱 se retourne contre les gouvernements européens🇪🇸🇪🇺 "Vs vouliez les faire chanter? Dansez maintenant" Etape supplémentaire pr interdire ces armes à double usage en UE @ec.europa.eu www.elespanol.com/espana/polit... @elespanol.com

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Important 🇪🇺MEP mission to 🇮🇹Italy in progress today to investigate the targeting of journalists with Paragon #spyware. 👇

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NSO Group told a US judge in California that the jury damages is an"outrageous punitive award" that requires a new trial, adding "the jury's award is unlawful because it reflects the improper desire to bankrupt NSO out of general hostility toward its business activities. www.mlex.com/mlex/data-pr...

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Israeli media are reporting that Ehud Barak and ex-Unit 8200 commander Ehud Schneorson, cofounders of spyware vendor Paragon Solutions, are suing venture capitalist Michael Eisenberg for defamation and have refused a proposed mediation. www.ynetnews.com/business/art...

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📺 @artefr.bsky.social doc "Journalists under pressure" focuses on 🇬🇷 wiretappings scandal & features @etriantafillou.bsky.social @telloglou2024.bsky.social @insidestory.gr @nasoskoukakis.bsky.social @reportersunited.gr @chondrogiannos.bsky.social @boublis.bsky.social. www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12...

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🇪🇺 @socialistsanddemocrats.eu MEPs from the civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee (LIBE) will hold high-level meetings in 🇮🇹Rome on Friday 30 May, to assess the latest development of the Paragon #spyware scandal. www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/med...

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NEW: More than a decade ago, Kaspersky discovered a mysterious "elite" hacking group it called Careto (aka “The Mask”), which then vanished and only resurfaced last year. We can now reveal that the researchers who investigated it were confident that the Spanish government was behind it.

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My interview with Johnathan Buma, the FBI whistleblower who was arrested in March www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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An appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid by the widow of murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi to revive a lawsuit against spyware maker NSO Group, whom she alleged played a role in her husband’s death, writes @timstarks.bsky.social. cyberscoop.com/appeals-cour...

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Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group just got publicly rebuffed by the US. They came to DC to get off the US blacklist. It did not work out. You know about the human rights abuses, but let me tell you why NSO is no friend to the United States. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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‼️The Trump administration will not seek the removal of NSO Group from Commerce's Entity List. Nor is the White House planning to rescind a Biden-era executive order 14093 that effectively bars the company from selling Pegasus spyware to the 🇺🇸 government. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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The high-profile trial linked to 🇬🇷Greece’s surveillance scandal has been postponed indefinitely, after a failure to translate key court documents into English. www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/new...

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Au Parlement européen, le PPE bloque la mise en œuvre d’un organe éthique Avec l'extrême droite Ceux-là même qui attaquent la société civile et veulent supprimer les fonds aux ONG qu'ils accusent à tort de corruption, ne veulent pas être contrôlés en tant que députés! www.lesoir.be/675277/artic...

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The victims of mercenary #spyware were not allowed to give testimony in the 🇪🇺European Parliament's civil liberties committee this week, due to wider objections from centre-right lawmakers, writes @nikolajnielsen.bsky.social. euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

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In a big win for the poorly regulated and potentially seriously harmful mercenary #ADINT industry www.wired.com/story/cfpb-q...

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NEW: Researchers are outing North Korean IT workers at a massive scale Today cybersecurity firm DTEX is publishing the identities of two North Koreans who ran worker scams from Laos and publishing more than 1,000 email addresses linked to other IT worker schemes www.wired.com/story/north-...

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BREAKING - Pfizergate ruling sees win for transparency - Judges rule that the Commission should not have misled @matinastevis.bsky.social about the existence of Ursula von der Leyen's text messages. More details forthcoming.

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#Pfizergate: Commission broke transparency rules over #vonderLeyen texts, court rules

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TechCrunch’s @lorenzofb.bsky.social read the transcripts of the WhatsApp vs. NSO Group trial’s hearings and is highlighting the most interesting facts and revelations that came out. 👇 techcrunch.com/2025/05/10/f...

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Important piece by @niaolainf.bsky.social on the 🇬🇧🇫🇷Pall Mall Process Code of Practice, which "stops short of agreeing to a hard legal standard by which States commit to preventing #spyware abuses in their domestic law & does not give a roadmap to accountability." www.justsecurity.org/113115/agree...

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Eine Einigung der EU-Staaten zur Chatkontrolle ist "weiter entfernt als je zuvor". Wir veröffentlichen ein Verhandlungsprotokoll. Einige Staaten beklagen "eine Verschwendung von Zeit, Geld und Energie". Damit dürfte auch Polen scheitern, eine Einigung zu organisieren. netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...

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⚠️ @haaretzcom.bsky.social has learned that in December '24, NSO co-founder Shalev Hulio – now no longer active in the company – met in 🇺🇸w. senior DonaldTrump allies. He was joined by former 🇦🇹Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, his partner in cybersecurity firm Dream Security. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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🇬🇷 Greece faces a media freedom crisis as a result of actions and failures by the Greek government, threatening democracy and the rule of law, @hrw.org said in a report released today. ➡️ www.hrw.org/news/2025/05... Full report: www.hrw.org/sites/defaul...

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US intelligence instructed to infiltrate Greenland, media reports

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CBP says it has "disabled" its use of TeleMessage following reports that the app, which has not cleared the 🇺🇸US government's risk assessment program, was hacked, writes @lhn.bsky.social. www.wired.com/story/cbp-co...

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Story updated with comment from Meta and NSO. Huge day in this long battle.

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cannot overstate the importance of this development, a court holding NSO Group accountable for its reckless use of pegasus spyware. 🧵 by @jsrailton.bsky.social, who knows this work and the stakes as well as anyone 👇

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NSO to pay almost 168 million in damages! Congrats to WhatsApp on this historic (yes, historic) jury verdict against NSO Group! This is also a win for all the researchers, advocates & victims who have been tirelessly exposing NSO's abuses & advocating for justice! www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

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I'm thinking of all of the countless victims, only a fraction of which we @citizenlab.ca @accessnow.org @amnesty.org and others identified of NSO Group's malicious sales to ruthless despots and corrupt security agencies. Never let bullies win.

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NSO Group’s spokesperson Gil Lainer left the door open for an appeal “We will carefully examine the verdict’s details and pursue appropriate legal remedies, including further proceedings and an appeal,” Lainer said in a statement.

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‼️ Social media giant Meta Platforms , said on Tuesday it has been awarded $168 million in damages from the Israeli #spyware firm NSO group after the surveillance company was found liable for hacking its systems. www.reuters.com/business/met...

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#Greece ranks 89th in the #RSFIndex2025 — the worst in the EU — as impunity for crimes committed against journalists persists. RSF calls on the government spokesperson who accused the RSF Index of “inaccuracies” to simply implement the required European legislation to protect press freedom.

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Night vision eye drops, battlefield lip-reading AI, and sensory implants: Israel's DARPA wants to 'expand the human sensory spectrum' www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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An 8-person jury began deliberations Monday to determine what damages - if any - are owed to Meta by NSO Group concerning a 2019 spyware attack. In its closing arguments, Meta implored the jurors to use their “common sense” in determining how much NSO owes. www.courthousenews.com/jury-deliber...

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NEW: A DHS spokesperson tells @raphae.li and I that CBP "immediately disabled TeleMessage as a precautionary measure" following the detection of a "cyber incident." "The investigation into the scope of the breach is ongoing."

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The Guardian's website opens with 22 mentions of "Trump", BBC News has 13, NYT 13, Al Jazeera 19, Der Spiegel 9, Le Monde 10 - if the goal is sucking out all the air from political conversation, and replacing it with your own version of extremist pseudo-politics, than the operation is a success.

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The Paragon-🇮🇹Italy affair highlights global concerns over Israeli #spyware targeting civilians and political opponents. Italy's parliament is investigating if its intelligence used Paragon spyware against a journalist, writes @haaretzcom.bsky.social's Omer Benjakob.

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New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...

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🇦🇺Australia 🗳️votes today, amid Trump’s tariff threats, Ukraine war & shifting alliances. But what does it mean for 🇪🇺–particularly in terms of #defence & #trade? I spoke w. @aspi-org.bsky.social @drmalcolmdavis.bsky.social & #UniofAdelaide’s Prof Pomfret to find out. www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

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“What was once viewed as a controversial or escalatory tactic now appears poised to become a normalized aspect of the 🇺🇸United States’ national security toolkit.” cyberscoop.com/alexei-bulaz...

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