US senator to investigate if foreign spyware used to target Americans
Source: The Guardian
Exclusive: Ron Wyden says hacking claims raise serious national security issues.
An influential US senator has told the Guardian he is examining the possible hacking of US citizens with technology sold by the NSO Group and other foreign surveillance companies, an issue he said raised serious national security issues.
Ron Wydens remarks come just weeks after a lawsuit was filed by WhatsApp against NSO, alleging that the Israeli companys malware was used against 1,400 WhatsApp users in 20 countries over a 14-day period this year.
The lawsuit says that more than 100 human rights activists, journalists, lawyers and academics were among those targeted, and that at least one US phone number with a Washington DC area code was among those potentially compromised.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/26/us-senator-investigates-if-foreign-spyware-used-to-target-americans-ron-wyden-whatsapp-lawsuit-nso-group
It is important, plus we need to flush out any domestic spyware usage, of which I am guessing does exist.