Israeli security company reportedly has tool that spies on Apple, Google and Facebook cloud data

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An Israeli cybersecurity company has reportedly developed spyware that can scrape data from the servers of Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft products.

According to the report, the NSO Group's proprietary smartphone malware, Pegasus, harvests not only data stored on the device, but also any information stored in the cloud, including a user's location data, archived messages and photos.in Facebook's WhatsApp, denied that it markets software capable of capturing data in the cloud. It's unclear if they have developed the tools internally.

"Increasingly sophisticated terrorists and criminals are taking advantage of encrypted technologies to plan and conceal their crimes, leaving intelligence and law enforcement agencies in the dark and putting public safety and national security at risk. NSO's lawful interception products are designed to confront this challenge."

In May, WhatsApp said a flaw in the messenger service could allow NSO Group software to be downloaded on to phones through a simple phone call and monitor calls made through the service. The Facebook-owned application put a patch in place to fix the problem.

 

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Well duh that’s how those companies make money by selling your data. Mostly to foreign govs. Welcome to BIG TECH(surveillance).

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