Apple’s two-pronged approach—it has notified many of the targets of NSO’s hacks, while suing the company in US courts—sent a “shockwave” through the industry, said a person familiar with the matter.
“There is a sense that this is a full-on war against the entire industry,” he said, adding that high-level Israeli employees of NSO and other similar firms are “staying put” in Israel to avoid being pulled in for questioning in the US and its allies.
For now, the US pressure had left NSO with few options, said company insiders. Moody’s has downgraded NSO’s debt as the company’s free cash flow turned negative in 2020 and is expected to remain negative this year. “There’s a high risk NSO might not be in compliance” with a covenant on the $500 million in loans it took in 2019 to go private at a $1 billion valuation, said Moody’s.
It is nice to have sauce and dates ;however, your awareness is much higher than mine. I would like to know more, but my job has me working 60-70 hrs a week. I probably would only have read a few of the articles. Unfortunately, I barely have time for GA.
I know it says 6 and 10 days ago but is this article(s) recent?
It's several articles put together, not one. If you type in "Israeli NSO" into a search you'll see it is all recent. Here is one article:
https://arstechnica.com/features/2021/12/the-secret-uganda-deal-that-has-brought-nso-to-the-brink-of-collapse/
It is nice to have sauce and dates ;however, your awareness is much higher than mine. I would like to know more, but my job has me working 60-70 hrs a week. I probably would only have read a few of the articles. Unfortunately, I barely have time for GA.