Privacy News Apple seeks dismissal of its NSO Group lawsuit, citing risk of exposing ‘vital security information’

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Apple on Thursday filed a motion to dismiss its lawsuit against NSO Group, a developer of powerful spyware, saying that moving forward in the case would expose critical security information it uses to combat the expanding proliferation of commercial surveillance tools in general.
Its efforts have “substantially weakened” the NSO Group, Apple said in its court filing, but added that new spyware companies have sprung up, meaning a judgment against the NSO Group would have a limited effect on the industry.
The NSO Group’s powerful zero-click Pegasus spyware is considered one of the world’s most advanced and pervasive commercial surveillance tools.
 

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So the lawsuit was requiring Apple to disclose how they discovered Pegasus which would have exposed how Apple's internal intelligence/security team works allowing other malware groups to outmaneuver Apple. Instead they will support Whatsapp in their similar lawsuit without having too much. skin in the game. That is a smart move for a company that practices security by obscurity.
 

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