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The NSO Group logo is seen on a smartphone placed on a laptop keyboard. (Mundissima/Alamy)
April 12, 2026, 2:22 pm
CIA reportedly used Pegasus software for deception op during rescue of airman in Iran
Americans used Israeli-founded NSO’s controversial spyware to send fake messages to Tehran officials, IRGC operatives, saying downed officer had already been found, UK’s Times reports
By ToI Staff
Former US ambassador to Israel David Friedman attends the red carpet premiere of 'Route 60: The Biblical Highway,' which accompanies him as he and former US secretary of state Mark Pompeo travel the road that traverses the West Bank, at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, on September 12, 2023. (Larry French/ Getty Images for TBN/ AFP)
November 9, 2025, 8:17 pm
Seeking to get off US blacklist, spyware firm NSO taps ex-envoy Friedman as chairman
Former US ambassador to Israel says most of the ‘adverse attention’ paid to Israeli-founded firm is unfair, will pitch it to Trump administration as way to ‘make Americans safer’
By Sharon Wrobel and ToI Staff
The NSO Group company logo is displayed on a wall of a building next to a branch in southern Israel on February 8, 2022. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
May 7, 2025, 11:02 am
Israel’s NSO ordered to pay Meta $168 million for using WhatsApp to plant spyware
Six-year lawsuit ends with defeat for Israeli firm; reveals multimillion dollar price tag paid by European, American agencies that used software to hack suspects’ devices
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo in the Israeli city of Netanya on February 9, 2022. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
December 21, 2024, 6:57 pm
US judge finds Israeli spyware firm NSO liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit
‘We’re proud to have stood up against NSO,’ says WhatsApp head; expert says ruling ‘makes it clear that NSO Group is in fact responsible for breaking numerous laws’
By Reuters
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro addresses the the Summit of the Future at the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, September 23, 2024. (Richard Drew/AP)
September 24, 2024, 8:56 am
Anti-money laundering group suspends Colombia after president’s Israeli spyware claims
Egmont Group says Gustavo Petro shared confidential information about previous government’s alleged purchase and use of Pegasus software
By AP and ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin (left) and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, in a composite image. (Flash90)
September 17, 2024, 1:31 pm
AG asks court to end government inquiry into allegations of police spyware abuse
Chief concern is that the commission is being used as a platform to discredit the handling of aspects of Netanyahu’s criminal investigation
By Jeremy Sharon
A man holds his phone with NSO GROUP logo on a computer screen in the background, in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 5, 2024, 9:01 pm
Colombia opens probe into police’s alleged purchase, illegal use of Israeli spyware
President Petro claims law enforcers used cash to buy NSO Group’s Pegasus software under previous government, used it to spy on political leaders and activists
By Agencies
A man holds his phone with NSO GROUP logo on a computer screen in the background, in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2024, 7:36 am
Report: Israel seized files from NSO in apparent bid to prevent US court subpoena
Seizure said to have been coordinated with company’s lawyers to head off ‘serious diplomatic and security damage’ from disclosures about its Pegasus spyware in WhatsApp lawsuit
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks ahead of a faction meeting in the Knesset, March 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2024, 12:09 pm
Ben Gvir wiretap law proposal said to shield politicians from police spyware
National Security Ministry reportedly at odds with AG over bill regulating use of phone-hacking tech, barring its use to probe crimes like theft by a public figure and other graft
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: NSO Group logo seen on a smartphone in front of a laptop showing hacking code. (Shutterstock)
February 8, 2024, 10:00 am
US to restrict visas for those abusing spyware to target journalists, activists
Move seen as attempt to pressure Israel and undermine local companies such as the NSO Group, with policy likely to target regular workers and even investors
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A person holding a smartphone showing the NSO Group Technologies website next to a screen with the company's logo (T. Schneider/Shutterstock.com)
February 1, 2024, 2:59 pm
At least 30 phones of journalists, activists hacked in Jordan with Israeli tech
Forensic probe finds infiltrations were done with NSO’s Pegasus spyware; Jordanian government not named in report, but activists say Amman most likely culprit
By Frank Bajak
File - Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives to casts her ballot for the head of the Israel Bar Association at a voting station in Tel Aviv on June 20, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 1, 2023, 6:35 pm
Attorney general rejects Levin’s ‘conflict of interest’ allegation in spyware inquiry
Gali Baharav-Miara’s office nevertheless approves justice minister’s request to retain his own attorney ahead of panel hearings investigating law enforcement’s hacking of phones
By Jeremy Sharon
Justice Minister Yariv Levin seen during a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 29, 2023, 12:21 pm
Levin demands AG allow coalition to hire private attorneys in spy tech inquiry
Justice minister says Gali Baharav-Miara has conflict of interest in matter, since panel will investigate her; denounces efforts to limit scope of inquiry
By ToI Staff
Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai, second right, arrives at the scene where five family members were shot to death in the northern Israeli Bedouin town of Basmat Tab’un, September 27, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
September 28, 2023, 11:07 am
AG approves use of Pegasus phone spyware in probe of shooting that killed 5
But Baharav-Miara does not allow use of controversial spying tool to extract data remotely from devices as police probe suspected gangland slayings
By ToI Staff
iPhone 14s on display at an Apple Store at The Grove in Los Angeles, Sept. 16, 2022 (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
September 8, 2023, 4:53 pm
Apple releases major security update to counter Israeli firm NSO’s Pegasus spyware
Researchers say newly discovered system flaw is being ‘actively exploited’ to deliver malware onto iPhones and iPads; recommend all users immediately update devices
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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