Seriously Risky Business Newsletter
August 01, 2024
When Israeli National Security Trumps US Lawsuits
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An apparent leak from its Ministry of Justice suggests the Israeli government seized documents and computers from NSO Group to prevent potentially damaging material from being provided to litigants in a US court case.
WhatsApp filed suit against NSO Group in 2019 after the company discovered that NSO Group had targeted about 1,400 of its users with Pegasus malware, which has been used to facilitate human rights violations around the world. WhatsApp is seeking an injunction blocking NSO Group from accessing its computer systems, which would effectively end NSO Group's ability to target WhatsApp users.
The court process includes a formal discovery phase in which parties to a case exchange relevant information, including otherwise sensitive documents.