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Ex-NSO Employee Accused of Stealing Spyware Source Code

July 6, 2018

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A former employee of Israel-based cyber arms dealer NSO Group has been accused of stealing spyware source code from the company and attempting to sell it for $50 million, Israel’s Justice Ministry announced this week.

The suspect has not been named, but court documents reveal that he’s a 38-year-old from Netanya hired by NSO as a senior programmer in the company’s automation team.

According to prosecutors, NSO informs employees that they are prohibited from copying any software from work devices, a rule that is enforced using a McAfee product that can prevent external storage units from being connected to computers.

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