The FBI was found to be using surveillance software from the Israeli-based NSO Group, despite a November 2021 White House ban on the company.
The White House subsequently launched an investigation and asked the FBI for assistance. Which agency, the White House wanted to know, was operating in defiance of the ban? And believe it or not, the investigation revealed that the agency using Pegasus was the FBI itself. Specifically, the FBI was using the software to track suspected drug cartel members in Mexico.
The reason why the NSO Group is precluded from doing business in the US is a long and interesting tale. Put simply, several stories over the past few years revealed that foreign governments with questionable human rights records were using NSO Group hacking tools to “maliciously target” journalists and dissidents. This ultimately prompted the White House to ban American companies from doing any type of business with the NSO Group.
“State-sponsored actors like the NSO Group spend millions of dollars on sophisticated surveillance technologies without effective accountability. That needs to change,” Apple executive Craig Federighi said at the time. Alongside its lawsuit, Apple last year released Lockdown Mode as part of iOS 16. The new feature is aimed at journalists, activists, politicians, and essentially anyone who is likely to be “personally targeted by a highly sophisticated cyberattack.” When enabled, Apple writes that applications, websites, and iOS features will be “strictly limited” and that some features may be unavailable altogether.Messages: Most message attachment types other than images are blocked.
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