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Apple Sues NSO Group for Providing Software to Hack iPhones

posted by janrinok on Wednesday November 24 2021, @06:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the is-it-enforceable-outside-the-USA? dept.

fliptop writes:

Apple sues company known for hacking iPhones on behalf of governments

Apple on Tuesday sued NSO Group, an Israeli firm that sells software to government agencies and law enforcement that enables them to hack iPhones and read the data on them, including messages and other communications:

Earlier this year, Amnesty International said it discovered recent-model iPhones belonging to journalists and human rights lawyers that had been infected with NSO Group malware called Pegasus.

Apple is seeking a permanent injunction to ban NSO Group from using Apple software, services, or devices. It's also seeking damages over $75,000.

[...] NSO Group software permits "attacks, including from sovereign governments that pay hundreds of millions of dollars to target and attack a tiny fraction of users with information of particular interest to NSO's customers," Apple said in the lawsuit filed in federal court in the Northern District of California, saying that it is not "ordinary consumer malware."

Also at The Guardian.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by TrentDavey on Wednesday November 24 2021, @06:42PM (6 children)

    by TrentDavey (1526) on Wednesday November 24 2021, @06:42PM (#1199271)

    They don't need the money - they need the headline.

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  • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Wednesday November 24 2021, @07:07PM (3 children)

    by PiMuNu (3823) on Wednesday November 24 2021, @07:07PM (#1199286)

    The money is about burying NSO Group. This looks weak.

    • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday November 24 2021, @07:12PM (2 children)

      by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday November 24 2021, @07:12PM (#1199290) Journal

      Mabye they want to buy NSO Group. That's usually the best way to deal with a perceived threat to their business

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 24 2021, @08:17PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 24 2021, @08:17PM (#1199316)

        Maybe they should outcompete instead. Add some backdoors and sell them cheap.

        • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday November 24 2021, @08:37PM

          by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday November 24 2021, @08:37PM (#1199331) Journal

          No reason to doubt they are already doing that.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday November 24 2021, @07:39PM (1 child)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday November 24 2021, @07:39PM (#1199302) Journal

    That and the precedent.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 24 2021, @08:25PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 24 2021, @08:25PM (#1199320)

      What about him?