Pegasus spyware-maker NSO Group hacked iPhones of Al Jazeera journalists

Last year, Israel-based NSO Group (aka Q Cyber Technologies) was in the news for hacking into WhatsApp of several high profile persons via Pegasus spyware.

Investigation revealed that a handful of government agencies hired NSO Group to illegally track activists, journalists, and even the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. As per reports in the media, more than 45 countries including Bangladesh, Brazil, Hong Kong, India (but the government denies having links), Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates are clients of NSO Group.

Facebook-owned WhatsApp acknowledged that hackers made use of security loopholes in the messenger app and spied on people. It also formally filed a lawsuit against NSO Group.

Citizen Lab, which unearthed Pegasus spyware has come up with another shocking report, but this time, it is related to the Apple Messages app of iPhone.