Facebook Accuses NSO Group of Using US Servers for Spying

Facebook has accused the Israeli surveillance technology company NSO Group of using servers located in the U.S. to infect hundreds of smartphones with spyware. From a report:

The allegation comes as part of a lawsuit that Facebook initiated last year accusing the NSO Group of using WhatsApp accounts to hack into the phones. Facebook owns the popular messaging app. In a filing released on Thursday in federal court in Oakland, California, lawyers representing the social media giant alleged that NSO Group had used a network of remote servers in California to hack into phones and devices that were used by attorneys, journalists, human rights activists, government officials and others. NSO Group has argued that Facebook’s case against it should be thrown out on the grounds that the court has no jurisdiction over its operations. In a 13 May legal document, lawyers representing NSO Group said that the company had no offices or employees in California and “do no business of any kind there.” NSO has also argued that it has no role in operating the spyware and is limited to “providing advice and technical support to assist customers in setting up” the technology.

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