Oct 24, 2021

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Cyber-mercenaries helped Saudis hack an NYT reporter

Citizen Lab caught the NSO Group in a(nother) war crime.

The FORCEDENTRY exploit on the phone of the Saudi activist, take from Citizen Lab’s ‘Breaking the News’ report.

The NSO Group are among the world’s most notorious cyber-mercenaries; they’re an Israeli firm under UK/EU private equity control (the owners have previously threatened to sue me and other journalists for reporting on the company’s ownership structure).

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