A little over a decade ago, a small Israeli company created what would become the world’s most powerful and notorious hacking tool.
Mark Mazzetti, who is a Washington investigative correspondent for The Times, explains the surprising story of the NSO Group and why, despite banning its technology, the United States kept trying to use it.
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Oct 27
They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism.
On July 4, 2025, a group of 10 antifa protesters was arrested, accused of what the federal government called a planned attack on the Prairieland detention facility in Texas. They were prosecuted as terrorists.Janet Reitman, who has been covering the story, discusses the legal cas ... Show More
47m 26s
Jul 2019
NSO tech said to extend reach of off-the-shelf spyware
NSO, an Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp, has told buyers its technology can now collect a targeted individual’s data stored in the cloud, according to people familiar with its sales pitch. Its tech is said to use industry-wide authentication techniques that have, un ... Show More
13m 51s
Apr 2020
NSO Employee Abused Phone Hacking Tech to Target a Love Interest
Back in 2013, between the many revelations on mass surveillance abuses by the NSA coming from the trove of Snowden leaks, Americans also learned agents at the signals intelligence agency were snooping on their love interests. Dubbed LOVEINT (a play on ‘Love-Intelligence,’ apparen ... Show More
28m 57s
Feb 2021
Mopping up Solorigate. Tehran’s Lightning and Thunder in Amsterdam. The view from Talinn. Malware designed for Apple’s new chips. Lessons from the ice, and how hackers broke bad.
Microsoft wraps up its internal investigation of Solorigate, which the US Government continues to grapple with, and which has had some effect in Norway. An apparent Iranian APT has been hosting its command-and-control in two Netherlands data centers. Estonia’s annual intelligence ... Show More
25m 37s