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A Notorious Spyware Firm Claims It Won’t Help Hack UK Phones Anymore

Posted on October 9, 2021June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Lucas Ropek reports:

NSO Group, the notorious Israeli spyware vendor, will no longer allow its clients to hack citizens of the United Kingdom, sources close to the company told The Guardian this week. The changes have been “hard-coded” into NSO’s infamous malware, Pegasus, and will make future targeting of UK-based phone numbers impossible, the sources claim.

Read more on Gizmodo.

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