Much has been written about NSO Group’s collision with government reality when the Israeli firm found itself on the wrong side of a business decision to sell their technologies to entities that used it to target human rights activists, political leaders, journalists, and a bevy of U.S. persons. The collision came in the form of the U.S. government blacklisting the company, effectively drying up a great percentage of their clients to the point where bankruptcy was seen on the horizon.
White House nixes L3Harris interest in NSO
Then, according to a recent New York Times expose, U.S. defense contractor/supplier L3Harris allegedly attempted a Phoenix-like save and raise the charred NSO from the ashes, with the sub rosa assistance of the U.S. intelligence community. Apparently, L3Harris had its eye on the “zero-click” exploit provided by NSO’s Pegasus for resale or exploitation by the U.S. To those not well versed in the government supply and contract world, L3Harris has expertise in the exploitation of cellphones.
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