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Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

SHOCKING: Washington dc based group targeted in apparent pegasus hack - What They Never Told You

Phone with NSO group content on it
The powerful hacking software is made by NSO Group. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

An individual employed by a Washington DC-based organization with international offices was targeted with powerful hacking software made by NSO Group, researchers have claimed, raising new concerns about the proliferation of spyware that can infect Apple devices.

The alleged attack was discovered by researchers at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School at the University of Toronto while they were checking the individual’s device.

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