Facebook Ascendant: Will the NSO Group Documents Become Public?
July 18, 2020
Exciting news for the highly ethical outfit Facebook. According to Bloomberg, a “real” news outfit:
WhatsApp and its parent Facebook Inc. can press ahead with a lawsuit accusing Israeli spyware maker NSO Group of creating accounts to send malware to mobile phones of 1,400 people to snoop on them.
The story “Facebook Beats NSO’s Attempt to Crush WhatsApp Malware Suit” is thin on context. Note: The item is behind a paywall and may not be available to some people.
Will the legal action result in public access to documents about NSO’s “practices”?
DarkCyber will be interested to learn how this case unfolds. The “documents” may be particularly interesting. One question which DarkCyber has may be answered: “Did Facebook attempt to hire NSO Group or license its specialized software?”
Stephen E Arnold, July 17, 2020