Facebook is not alone in its fight against controversial Israeli company NSO. A group of large technology companies including Google, Microsoft, Cisco and VMWare have presented Court friend Supporting legal actions Zuckerberg has taken against the creators Spyware Pegasus
It was only a year ago when WhatsApp decided to report to NSO Group Accusing us Inject malicious applications on 1,400 devices Through this Your Platform Vulnerability.
The NSO offered the possibility, according to some information, to obtain personal data stored on Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft servers.
Pegasus was also capable or capable of infecting without an iPhone Escape, Was reportedly used Jeff Bezos in Hack And in the middle of last year, according to Reported The Financial TimesWas promoting with Perceived ability to get all the data of a person They are stored On Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft servers, In addition to information located within a mobile device.
NSO and “sovereign immunity” to work with governments
NSO Group Tried to dismiss WhatsApp’s lawsuit against him, arguing that he had the right to “sovereign immunity” By working exclusively, they claim with governments. According to the company, they only sell apps Like pegasus Government officials and state security forces to combat terrorism and crime.
This right to “sovereign immunity” has been used by Microsoft in the title of the article they have published to illustrate their position regarding this legal battle. With title ‘Cybercaneries are not immune’, Those in Redmond say that the activities of NSO are worrisome and consider its business model as dangerous. Immunity defended by Israelis, they say, would allow them and other similar companies to “continue their dangerous business without legal rules, responsibilities or consequences.”
Microsoft has clarified its stand on Facebook’s legal battle against NSO, titled ‘Cybercaneries Weak Not Committee’.
They also point to Microsoft Potential risk arising from fall in the wrong hands of type of applications created by NSO, How worrying it is to develop this type of device without the limitations that a government security agency possesses and, ultimately, these devices pose a threat to human rights.
“We hope that is the fact Stay with our competitors today Through this Court friend Help protect our collective customers and the global digital ecosystem from more indiscriminate attacks, ”concludes those at Microsoft.
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