Here's what we know about the secretive company building terrifying tools to hack your iPhone
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An Israeli company named NSO Group is reportedly behind the tools that were used in a hacking attempt on a human rights activist in the United Arab Emirates, but details on the ultra-secretive company are hard to come by.
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That's because NSO Group sells sophisticated hacking tools to governments, militaries, and intelligence agencies - and it tries to keep such a low profile it even changes its name on a regular basis.
That profile is likely to be raised in the wake of in-depth research by Lookout Security and Citizen Lab's Bill Marczak and John Scott-Railton, who exposed a major iOS security flaw that allows an attacker to take full control of an iPhone using nothing more than a text message.
NSO Group cofounders Omri Lavie and Shalev Hulio did not respond to a request for comment.
Here's what we know so far.
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