
Amazon Web Services disables cloud accounts linked to NSO Group
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Amazon Web Services confirmed on Monday that it disabled cloud accounts linked to NSO Group following reports by news organizations and activist groups that the Israeli firm's Pegasus software had been used to surveil journalists and government officials.
In the sweeping forensic investigation that led to the reports, Amnesty International said, NSO Group's software was detected using Amazon (AMZN) Web Service's CloudFront platform, a content-delivery network, "to deliver the earlier stages of their attacks" against targeted mobile devices. "The use of cloud services protects NSO Group from some Internet scanning techniques," said Amnesty International, implying that NSO Group used AWS to help mask surveillance activity.More Related News