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NSO Group Technologies

  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
    Weil lawyer invested millions in fund that owned Pegasus spyware maker

    Gerhard Schmidt put his own money into private equity fund that bought NSO Group, and sat on board that oversaw NSO

    The NSO logo on an orange wall, with a man in a red shirt walking near parked cars outside the building.
  • Tuesday, 6 May, 2025
    Cyber Security
    Pegasus spyware creator ordered to pay WhatsApp $168mn for 2019 hack

    NSO Group could be exposed to liability from other technology groups for exploiting their platforms’ vulnerabilities

    The website of Pegasus spyware
  • Saturday, 21 December, 2024
    WhatsApp Inc
    WhatsApp wins legal victory against NSO Group in Pegasus hacking case

    Judge finds no merit in arguments made by Israeli spyware manufacturer

    A montage of a smartphone displaying the  WhatsApp logo and a computer motherboard
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Apple Inc
    Apple issues emergency patch after Pegasus spyware breach

    Tech company warned that iPhones and iPads were open to being targeted by state-level clients of Israeli group NSO

    Montage of NSO Group’s logo on a computer screen and a person holding a mobile phone
  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    News in-depthCyber warfare
    Cyberweapon manufacturers plot to stay on the right side of US

    Contrasting fates of Israeli spyware-makers Paragon and NSO reveal how American support is crucial in $12bn industry

  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
    Jeb Bush’s private equity group held talks over selling NSO technology in US

    Firm co-founded by scion of presidential family considered deal with Israeli spyware company

    Montage of Jeb Bush and the NSO Group logo
  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    India
    India hunts for spyware that rivals controversial Pegasus system

    Modi government seeks alternatives to software made by NSO Group following snooping scandals around the world

    A montage of a person typing on a laptop and the logo of NSO Group
  • Monday, 12 December, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Spyware maker NSO hopes for a comeback

    US fund managers buy European oil stocks trading at sharp discounts to their American peers

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    Due Diligence
    ‘Don’t worry’: NSO banks on Bibi

    Plus, the messy battle for Bulb’s 1.5mn customers and Silvergate gets caught up in the FTX fallout

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  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    News in-depth
    Israel’s NSO bets its future on Netanyahu’s comeback

    Beleaguered spyware firm banks on return of former PM to begin selling again to nations such as Saudi Arabia

    Benjamin Netanyahu and CEO of Israel’s NSO Group Shalev Hulio with NSO logo in background
  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    Cyber Security
    MEPs to call for greater powers for Brussels to curb EU spyware use

    Report based on months-long investigation likely to face opposition from member states

    NSO Group logo with smartphone
  • Sunday, 21 August, 2022
    Cyber warfare
    NSO changes CEO as part of broader shake-up

    Israeli spyware company to launch reorganisation involving 100 job losses

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Due Diligence
    How not to value a company in crisis

    Plus, the legacy of an Italian tycoon and a South African internet group’s bet on Tencent pays off a little too much

    Premium content
  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    EY valued NSO Group at $2.3bn months before emergency bailout

    Big Four firm gave the Pegasus spyware maker a high valuation and called it a ‘market leader’

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    US defence group L3Harris in talks to buy NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware

    A deal for hacking technology could raise ‘serious security concerns’, White House official says

    An NSO Group logo is shown on a smartphone
  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Under the covers of an industry no one talks about

    Plus, Credit Suisse pushes for spyware sales and Bridgewater makes a bet against business

    Premium content
  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    Credit Suisse pushed for spyware sales at NSO despite US blacklisting

    Swiss bank among creditors that pressed Israeli maker of Pegasus hacking tool to solve ‘liquidity crisis’

    A woman checks the website of Israel-made Pegasus spyware at an office in Nicosia, Cyprus in 2021
  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    #techFT
    Crypto ‘risky, flawed and unproven’ — tech experts

    NSO’s cash dilemma, Apple iPad shift, Epic’s Unreal car engine

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  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    News in-depth
    NSO’s cash dilemma: miss debt repayment or sell to risky customers

    The inside story of the Pegasus spyware maker’s perilous financial situation and its way ahead following US blacklisting

    Shalev Hulio
  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    Due Diligence
    To spy or not to spy?

    Plus, Peltz makes his presence known at Unilever and DSM seals two different deals

    Premium content
  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Spanish politics
    Spain’s intelligence chief sacked over Pegasus spyware crisis

    Paz Esteban fired after phones of prime minister and Catalan politicians allegedly breached using surveillance software

    Paz Esteban speaks at event in Madrid
  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    NSO Group keeping owners ‘in the dark’, manager says

    US consultancy overseeing Israeli spyware company tells EU lawmakers it is being stonewalled by management

    An NSO Group logo on top of a keyboard
  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Cyber Security
    Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez’s phone hacked using Pegasus spyware

    First confirmed use of the espionage software against a serving head of government

    Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister, in July 2020
  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    NSO Group’s private equity manager risks being ousted in court battle

    London judge rejects injunction bid from Berkeley Research Group

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    NSO Group deemed ‘valueless’ to private equity backers

    Difficulties facing maker of Pegasus spyware laid out in London court filings

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