This is merely one exemplifying fact attesting to the Israeli-based company's unsavoury record. Various publications, in Israel and abroad, have repeatedly raised accusations connecting the company's technology with various incidents violating the freedom of the press, freedom of expression or the right to privacy, and have also tied its name with regimes abusing company-provided capabilities to harm and silence opposition and human rights activists.
Currently, NSO Group also faces a massive lawsuit, filed against it by Facebook, alleging that NSO's Pegasus programme was used for spying against activists and journalists by hacking into their accounts on WhatsApp (a Facebook-owned platform). The foregoing certainly has not been contributory to the company's advances in the capital market.