Using NSO spyware has been illegal in the US since the government banned its import and use back in November 2021. When it was discovered that a US contractor had illegally used the spyware in April of this year, the FBI was asked to find out the identity of the end client.
That client turned out to be… the FBI.
Questions are now being asked about whether the FBI was the only government agency to receive illegally obtained data from the contractor, whose other clients include the Department of Defense and the Drug Enforcement Administration …
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