US spies 'BACKED defense company's bid to buy Israeli firm behind Pegasus spyware' despite it being blacklisted by US and used to hack politicians, human rights activists and journalists
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - The defense contractor L3 Harris attempts to buy the Pegasus spying tech from a banned Israeli company was backed by US government officials
- The support was conditional on the company allowing the US to sell spying technology to intelligence partners
- NSO Group has been on a US blacklist since November 2021
- The Biden administration has accused Pegasus of being misused around the world to enable human rights abuses
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-11 |