April 2019: Open letter to Novalpina Capital, cc: NSO Group, Francisco Partners
The new owners of NSO Group continue to fail to demonstrate how they plan to prevent use of their surveillance products to harm human rights.…
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Open letter to Novalpina Capital
As an owner of NSO Group, Novalpina must take action to address the human rights impacts of the company’s products and services.…
Two years after Khashoggi’s slaying, no accountability for spyware firm or Saudi government
Friday marks two years since Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was brutally murdered after being surveilled using NSO Group technology. The company has yet to be held to account.…
NSO Group “in like Flynn”? We must bring surveillance tech out of the shadows
A spyware scandal may go all the way to the top echelons of U.S. power.…
From India to Rwanda, the victims of NSO Group’s WhatsApp hacking speak out
Five human rights defenders who suffered from the NSO Group WhatsApp hack have stepped forward to tell their stories — sharing how their governments used NSO Group’s products to surveil them, and consequences they have faced as a result.…
Blackstone won’t invest in the NSO Group’s “toxic” spyware
Blackstone has dropped plans to invest in NSO Group. Now its current financial backers should step up to respect human rights. …
NSO Group responds to human rights violations, but comes up short
More is needed from NSO Group than self-serving claptrap.…
Rights groups to NSO: actions speak louder than words in human rights compliance
Access Now is calling out claims by NSO Group of compliance to human rights standards through an open letter published today, 27 April, 2021, in coalition with human rights groups.…
Is NSO Group’s infamous Pegasus spyware being traded through the EU?
When sophisticated surveillance systems are sold and used effectively without constraint, it puts civil society, free expression, and our democracies at risk.…
Blackstone should hit brakes on NSO spyware deal
The Blackstone Group has a legal responsibility to respect human rights, and a moral duty to avoid profiting off human rights violations.…
Human rights organizations respond to NSO: victims’ voices will not be silenced
Access Now and seven other human rights organizations have filed a reply to NSO Group’s opposition to the coalition’s amicus brief in the case of WhatsApp v. NSO in the U.S. Federal 9th Circuit Court.…
Access Now to Bulgaria and Cyprus: don’t give NSO Group license to profit from human rights violations
Access Now wrote to the governments of Bulgaria and Cyprus to request investigations into export licenses reportedly issued to NSO Group, which sells surveillance products linked to human rights violations.…
Victims of NSO Group malware attacks deserve more than silence and complicity
Surveillance and tracking complement and facilitate threats, torture, and murder. We need more action, not words, to stop the human rights violations.…
Access Now tells the 9th Circuit Court: NSO Group cannot escape accountability in U.S. courts
Access Now and civil society partners join the WhatsApp v. NSO Group lawsuit by filing an amicus brief that discloses stories of those who survived the Pegasus spyware attack. The amici call for NSO to be held accountable for targeting civil society around the world.…
In India, malware plants false “evidence” of crime on activist’s laptop
Technical analysis submitted in a court case against activists in India reveals a malware attack to plant key evidence used against the accused. Notably, several activists subject to persecution as well as those connected with the defendants had already been targeted for malware attacks using NSO Group technology. …
Coalition Letter to the 48th U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) on Pegasus
We call on U.N. Human Rights Council to take urgent action to denounce the human rights violations facilitated by NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.…
Enough is enough! States must intervene on NSO Group’s unchecked power
Access Now is appalled at NSO Group’s alleged involvement in human rights violations, and call on states to intervene on the surveillance company’s power.…
New report shows 100+ members of civil society targeted as NSO Group continues to evade scrutiny
Evidence shows that civil society remains under attack through the use of NSO Group spyware. We call for corporate accountability and global action to stop these attacks. …
Access Now joins human rights groups open letter to Novalpina Capital
Our open letter urges Novalpina Capital, now an owner of the NSO Group surveillance technology firm, to prevent use of its products to harm human rights across the globe.…
Bahraini government hacks activists with NSO Group technology
“From Pearl to Pegasus: Bahraini Government Hacks Activists with NSO Group Zero-Click iPhone Exploits” explores how activists were targeted in Bahrain.…
Spyware in Mexico: an interview with Luis Fernando García of R3D Mexico
The activist discusses the sinister and complex trade of surveillance software that is being used to target rights activists and journalists.…
Civil society once again targeted by spyware attributed to NSO Group
Of 1,400 victims of targeted attacks through WhatsApp, more than 100 were members of civil society.…
Act now against spyware, coalition tells U.N. Human Rights Council
As the U.N. Human Rights Council convenes, Access Now is urging member states to denounce abuses facilitated by spyware technologies. …