NSO, the publisher of spyware Pegasus, dismisses its CEO and lays off 100 employees

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Is this the beginning of the end for NSO? Known for her “infamous Pegasus spyware”the Israeli cybersecurity company announced on Sunday August 21 the dismissal of a hundred of its 750 employees and the replacement of its CEO, relates Ha’Aretz.

“CEO Shalev Hulio, one of NSO’s three co-founders, is stepping down and will now focus on finding a buyer” for the company, after the agreement to sell NSO to the American defense company L3Harris fell through, “due to opposition from US and Israeli officials”specifies the Israeli daily.

This “reorganization follows criticism that customers abused its powerful spyware”explains the Wall Street Journal. Revelations on controversial uses of Pegasus

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