NEW: In a hearing last week, an NSO Group lawyer said that Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan were among the governments responsible for a 2019 hacking campaign against WhatsApp users.
This is the first time representatives of the spyware maker admit who its customers are, after years of refusing to do that.
http://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/nso-lawyer-names-mexico-saudi-arabia-and-uzbekistan-as-spyware-customers-behind-2019-whatsapp-hacks/
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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