Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors (techcrunch.com)

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What a failure for a spokesperson.

Time to start turning your networks off when not in use

I always wondered how the software people who work in places like this live with themselves. Is it some sort of “enough money can make me forget and look myself in the mirror” situation?

"What belongs together, comes together."

Investors: you must care of the planet, not emit any CO2 and not launder any money

Also investors: let's invest in hacker business and break into all phones in the world

They are building the perfect surveillance state. In previous news: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45441983

Americans, if you don't stand up now, you will have to relearn the lesson Germans had to learn eighty years ago.

"Tens of millions" for controlling stake in NSO is like an order of magnitude less than what I'd imagine in todays environment. Comes off as cheap.

Have their capabilities been overplayed? Is selling done under pressure? Are they not actually sitting on big bank and procurement network of valuable 0days?

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As another comment notes, "tens of millions" implies a maximum company value of ~$200 million.

Seems low. I wonder if it's because it being a foreign company was valuable because it wasn't subject to as many US laws.

Normalizing spyware, it's only ok because they're Israeli good guys, and obviously would never do anything bad (like genocide).

NSO is on the US gov. Sanction list. How can it be acquired by a US entity or investors?