NSO Group Malware Caught Spying On American State Department Employees

Apple last week notified 11 U.S. State Department employees in Uganda that their iPhones were hacked, and investigators have linked the attack to a tool developed by NSO Group, an Israeli technology company that was blacklisted by the Biden administration, according to a person familiar with the matter.
NSO Group Malware Caught Spying On American State Department Employees
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