NSO Group co-founder emerges as new majority owner

A branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir. Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP

One of NSO Group’s founders appears to have gained control of the blacklisted spyware company’s shares after a legal fight over the group’s future, according to corporate filings in Luxembourg.

Omri Lavie – the “O” in NSO Group, who in recent years has stepped back from day-to-day management – appears to have emerged as the company’s new majority owner.