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The Guardian - UK
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Harry Davies, and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Israel tried to frustrate US lawsuit over Pegasus spyware, leak suggests

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A woman walks past the entrance of an NSO Group building
Pegasus spyware can be used to secretly extract messages and photos, record calls and activate microphones in smartphones. Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images

The Israeli government took extraordinary measures to frustrate a high-stakes US lawsuit that threatened to reveal closely guarded secrets about one of the world’s most notorious hacking tools, leaked files suggest.

Israeli officials seized documents about Pegasus spyware from its manufacturer, NSO Group, in an effort to prevent the company from being able to comply with demands made by WhatsApp in a US court to hand over information about the invasive technology.

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