News Summary

• NSO Group has confirmed to TechCrunch that a U.S. investment group has acquired the company.
• The spyware maker has been mired in controversy since its very beginning.
• Researchers have documented dozens of cases where NSO’s government customers targeted and hacked journalists, dissidents, and human rights defenders in Hungary, India, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
• In 2023, The Guardian reported that Hollywood producer Robert Simonds and an associate, through their investment firm, were exploring making a bid to take control of NSO.