Facebook Accuses NSO Group of Using US Servers for Spying

Facebook has accused the Israeli surveillance technology company NSO Group of using servers located in the U.S. to infect hundreds of smartphones with spyware. From a report: The allegation comes as part of a lawsuit that Facebook initiated last year accusing the NSO Group of using WhatsApp accounts to hack into the phones. Facebook owns the popular messaging app. In a filing released on Thursday in federal court in Oakland, California, lawyers representing the social media giant alleged that NSO Group had used a network of remote servers in California to hack into phones and devices that were used by attorneys, journalists, human rights activists, government officials and others. NSO Group has argued that Facebook's case against it should be thrown out on the grounds that the court has no jurisdiction over its operations. In a 13 May legal document, lawyers representing NSO Group said that the company had no offices or employees in California and "do no business of any kind there." NSO has also argued that it has no role in operating the spyware and is limited to "providing advice and technical support to assist customers in setting up" the technology.

Turtles all the way down

[moxrespawn]

Spyware company accuses of spyware. Awaiting verification from NSA spyware.

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[Canberra1]

Breaking this down. IANAL. Lawsuit in California - If NSO sold software in .ca - may be indirectly caught? They claim they did not, but their customers did or may have - may not get them off the hook. See Piratebay, Dotcom and Assauge or even Sea Shepard. Maybe ca has some product liability laws, child protection, or even breaking silent phone numbers - Judges value their privacy. They probably designed the hack before selling product, which may cause them to be labeled as 'facilitators' . The discovery m

"Only we can spy on our users!"

[Way Smarter Than You]

Timothy McCrapper, from FB's 'Truth in advertising" division, went on to explain, "We own our users' lock, stock n barrel; we are very upset anyone else would attempt to hijack our systems to collect even a tiny fraction of the user data we steal and resell every day!"

Fuck them up good.

[AndyKron]

Step #1: Stop giving Israel money.

Re: Fuck them up good.

[Way Smarter Than You]

Kkk guys, mod this down, too.

Re: Fuck them up good.

[Way Smarter Than You]

Ooooh now I got the full -1 troll treatment for calling out an anti-Semite. You guys are super fun! Here's another one you can burn some mod points on.

Hypocrisy

[kqc7011]

This is a pot talking about a kettle.

Re:Hypocrisy

[ricky-road-flats]

That doesn't mean what it's saying is wrong, the kettle looks very black indeed - similar in this case to how black the pot is. Both need a good scrub.

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[buravirgil]

Sure, they're just all in stealth mode to dodge the incels.

Yet in the light of day, the incels must hide.
In other words, an anonymous coward, ironically perhaps, responds women are on Slashdot, but they're invisible. Like the banana in the ear that keeps aligators away.

Translation

[Opportunist]

"Hey! Do something, they try to poach on our turf!"

Well, if it's not "business" they are doing...

[BAReFO0t]

... then it is a crime or an an act of war.
Depending on if their home country extradites them or not.

So... I suggest you go with "business", dear NSO.

What a bold argument

[reanjr]

We're not illegally spying on you. We would never do that. We just sell spying services to anyone who wants them. That makes it OK.