Changes NSO groupmaker of the Israeli spyware who invented it pegasus. The face of the company, co-founder Shalev Hulioresigned from his position as executive director of NSO. After connecting the company with several companies cyber espionage scandals, the company undertakes a restructuring process that will not be led by the S of NSO. However, despite this, Hulio will not leave the company completely by undertaking the following duties. supervision Yes, the mergers and acquisitions branch will hire one hundred staff for now.
Restructuring “will examine all aspects of your businessIncluding streamlining NSO’s operations to ensure it remains one of the world’s leading high-tech cyber-intelligence companies with a focus on NATO member states.” yaron Shohat, Until now, the company’s director of operations. Shohat will manage the company on an interim basis and lead the restructuring process. looking for a new CEO.
Barriers and complaints
This decision is in various legal disputes Worldwide looking to dock the NSO group. was in july 2021 when a data breach reveals at least that 50,000 phone numbers worldwide infected with the virus spyware Pegasus created by NSO. Global complaints began to come from this scandal, which spread to many countries, including Spain. last November United States of America He placed heavy restrictions on the company and stated that its vehicles were used to “perform transnational pressure”.
For its part, the NSO group has denied committing any type of crime. Although you know that repressive regimes Pegasus among others, such as those in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain or the United Arab Emirates. persecute your opposition. The company is also facing lawsuits view Y Facebook accuses him of trespassing on his products. From home, in turn, the pioneer company was punished. In December, fears of abuse fueled by criticism of authorities’ lax oversight of the digital surveillance industry, Israeli government to place
Israel’s decision to tighten new cyber export control has reduced the number of countries that can purchase extra Israeli cyber software. from 100 to 37. In addition, all these restrictions are added to what the company already owns. debtor before the espionage scandal broke out. Also at the end of July European Commission He denounced that some of his top officials had found signs that their phones had been compromised by feared individuals. spyware.
Therefore, the process of restructuring the company involves not only dealing with all these controversies and new obstacles, but also wash your image to keep running. “NSO is the company’s innovative technologies legitimate and valuable purposesShohat assured in the statement.