Facebook wanted to buy Pegasus to spy on users
Facebook wanted to buy Pegasus to spy on users, claims spyware company Israel spyware company NSO Group claims that Facebook tried to buy Pegasus from them. The NSO group has also presented documents in court to confirm this. This Israel company came in the news about WhatsApp's famous espionage case. Facebook-owned WhatsApp confirmed that 1400 users were spied using spyware named Pegasus on behalf of the Israeli cyber intelligence company NSO Group. Facebook also sued the NSO group in October for allowing its clients to spy on a total of 1,400 WhatsApp users, including journalists, diplomats and members of civil society from various locations, including India. The social media platform has alleged that it has spied 1,400 selected users globally, including 121 Indians. According to Motherboard Vice's report, the head of the NSO Group says that two representatives from Facebook approached the company to buy Pegasus, our spyware program. The company wanted ...