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Now Apple has followed WhatsApp and its parent company Meta (formerly known as Facebook) in suing Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group. Along with promising new information about how NSO Group infected targeted iPhones via its FORCEDENTRY exploit, the company says it’s “seeking a permanent injunction to ban NSO Group from using any Apple software, services, or devices.”
Apple: NSO agreed to the iCloud Terms of Service
Senior VP of software engineering Craig Federighi says in a statement “State-sponsored actors like the NSO Group spend millions of dollars on sophisticated surveillance technologies without effective accountability. That needs to change…Apple devices are the most secure consumer hardware on the market — but private companies…
