Dozens of Al Jazeera journalists allegedly hacked using NSO Group spyware

Why are companies that stockpile zero-days for resale legal? Aren&#x27;t they also a threat to the countries that host them, even if some or all of the intelligence is shared?<p>And why aren&#x27;t countries that host these companies sanctioned?

Journalists as messengers have always been targeted, and even killed, and it seems that Apple’s messaging system was the attack vector here.<p>While the article decries NSO for being nefarious and selling to suspect “authoritarian” countries, high schools here in our democratic US have been buying hacking solutions to spy on students:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gizmodo.com&#x2F;u-s-schools-are-buying-phone-hacking-tech-that-the-fbi-1845862393" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gizmodo.com&#x2F;u-s-schools-are-buying-phone-hacking-tec...</a>

Less than a decade ago NSO Group assisted the then president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, in spying his political adversaries. Around the same time Martinelli requested similar assistance from the US, but they refused his request (according to Wikileaks).

Journalists can&#x27;t seem to keep up with the latest threat model material. I&#x27;m wondering if a resource for journalist training is a good idea considering the resources stacked against them.

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