NSO, an Israeli spyware company, one of Israel’s biggest cybersecurity companies, with a staff of 600, has been ensnared in controversy after allegations that its Pegasus smartphone-snooping technology had allegedly been used by some governments to spy on dissidents and journalists including Omar Abudulaziz a Saudi dissident and a friend of the murdered Washington Post Journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Unlike companies whose technology protects customers against cyber attack, NSO is a weapons firm that doesn’t deal with data security. It sells offensive software and spyware to governments and law enforcement and espionage agencies.

The Canadian human rights organization Citizens Lab says NSO has sold its platform to 45 countries, including Saudi Arabia.

Founded in 2009 by Niv Carmi, Shalev Hulio and Omri Lavie, NSO is notorious for its involvement in the use of Pegasus to track and hack companies, nations, activists, and journalists with the latest being the phone hacking of Omar Abudulaziz.

Over 400 Whatsaap messages exchanged between the late journalist and Omar was read by the Saudi government, including their plan to start an online youth revolution against the oppressive government ran by the kingdom Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salam (MBS)


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