Israeli company NSO Group Technologies Ltd., which develops sophisticated mobile phone hacking software, capable of extracting information from any mobile device, anywhere, now finds itself the victim of a ‘hack’ of a different kind.
Hacking technology devices have long been a hot commodity, with a supply-demand market just like any other.
On August 10, Ahmed Mansoor, a human rights activist in the United Arab Emirates, received a text message that invited him to click on a link that would reveal new information about torture in jails in his country. Mansoor, who had been a repeated target of the regime, grew suspicious and turned over the message…
With just a few million dollars and a phone number, you can snoop on any call or text that phone makes – no matter where you are or where the device is located.