Israel: major reorganization at NSO, in difficulty one year after the Pegasus affair

The Israeli company NSO is reorganizing in the face of the difficulties caused by the Pegasus scandal in 2021. © Sebastian Scheiner/AP

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In the summer of 2021, the Israeli group NSO made headlines with revelations about its spyware.

Pegasus had been found in the phones of politicians, particularly in France and Spain.

The firm is now announcing a reorganization with the departure of its CEO.

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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,

Nothing is going well at NSO.

The Israeli tech company thanks a hundred employees.

And also separates from its boss and founder Shalev Hulio.

He will be replaced by the number 2 of the company, Yaron Shohat, the current director of operations. 

The NSO group announces a reorganization of all of its activities.

And it will try to concentrate its sales on NATO member countries.

The maker of

intends to remain one of the largest cybertech companies in the world, according to a press release.

The move follows the US decision in 2021 to blacklist the company for inappropriate use of its software.

This had led to major financial difficulties for NSO.

A media consortium previously revealed that Pegasus had been used to hack into the mobile phones of 600 politicians, 180 journalists and 85 human rights activists.

The Israeli firm repeated that its software sold under license from the Ministry of Defense in Israel was delivered only to official agencies for the fight against terrorism and crime.

►Also read: Pegasus case: the investigation in France entrusted to an investigating judge

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