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.