See episodes 99 and 100 on the Darknet Diaries [1] for background on NSO and Pegasus.<p>[1] <a href="https://darknetdiaries.com/" rel="nofollow">https://darknetdiaries.com/</a>
Serves them right. I wonder how Israel would react here, and how the US squares blacklisting the company, but saying nothing of the Israeli MoD that had to authorise every sale due to export restrictions. If the company sold to bad actors, surely the MoD is at least partly to blame for allowing it?
Dupe of <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29095265" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29095265</a>
There are several US companies that provide the same service, though they ostensibly operate under guidelines set by the US government.<p>As someone who was busted for hacking way back in the day, it perturbs me just a little bit that I could legally develop an exploit and sell it to someone who I know will use it for illegal activity (but activity that the US govt. might approve of, regardless of legality), but if I myself use this exploit I'll be facing serious jail time. Or if I sell it to someone who isn't on an unofficial "approved" list of users.