A specialist in cyber and Middle Eastern issues, Ilan Scialom is a researcher at the Géode institute.
LE FIGARO.
- Who's behind NSO?
Ilan SCIALOM.
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NSO is not a new company.
It was founded in 2009 by three Israelis, Niv Carmi, Shalev Hulio and Omri Lavie.
Contrary to popular belief, they do not come from Unit 8200
(specialized in the Israeli army in cyber defense, Editor's note)
.
They came together to develop software for identifying objects in images or videos that then referred users to an online store.
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Then they developed an after-sales service tool to remotely connect to their customers' phones.
Legend has it that a European intelligence service approached them to advise them to develop their software ... Hulio and Lavie founded NSO and they were able to surround themselves with engineers from unit 8200. In Israel, a country where the army serves as a national melting pot, public-private relations are
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