Spyware maker NSO Group faces a lawsuit brought by 15 journalists for an El Salvador-based digital newspaper who allege their iPhones were illegally hacked in a bid to disrupt their investigative work.
Reporters with the news outlet El Faro filed suit Wednesday in a California federal court, adding to a flurry of legal challenges over NSO’s controversial Pegasus tool that is said to covertly extract information—such as data on communications and location—from mobile phones.
NSO already faces suits in the same court from California-headquartered