The messaging service was launched in 2019 to facilitate the hacking of 1,400 users, including periodicals and political activists.
The Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group wants to be under the scrutiny of the Department of Justice of the United States, as various technology companies are running the company sometime in the future antihackeo legislation of North American countries, informs The Guardian.
The media quoted a source as saying that the department’s lawyers were directed to the WhatsApp platform with technical questions about the espionage suspect in 1,400 users on behalf of NSO Group’s government clients in 2019.
Segun los meedeel, the NSO group does not have a principle of the year passed of an investigation by the FBI that posteriormente habría sido suspended.
WhatsApp ha rechazado realizar comentarios on the subject, while NSO Group has communicated that it is not in favor of any search.
The Israeli company, which develops software’s’ that will go to foreign governors with the final declaration of aid to combating terrorism and international crime, it has been repeatedly accused of facilitating vigilance instruments that have as objective human rights activists, politicians and human rights activists.
“Powerful and beautiful”
WhatsApp claims – in 2019 an NSO group for use supuestamente its messaging service to spy on more than 1,400 targets, including a registered account and a Washington telephone number. Other objectives presumably included in politicians or activists in a country vein, including Spain, India, Marruecos, United Arab Emirates, Barén, Mexico or Pakistan.
NSO Groep rejects the accusations and invokes the sovereign immunity against such requests, alleging that simply proportionate herramientas, while their clients the ones who must be responsible for their application. It is hoped that a court of appeal will decide immediately on the NSO Group’s request against WhatsApp.
Microsoft, Google and other North American technology companies are opposing this year and are offering to the Israeli company an facility that, according to them, will increase access to “potent and dangerous” espionage instruments. In a closed publication released in December, Microsoft President Brad Smith called on the Biden Administration to evaluate the case and compare it to NSO Group with mercenaries.