NSO offered US mobile security firm ‘bags of cash’, whistleblower claims

Israeli spyware firm denies doing business with Mobileum and co-founder has no recollection of using the phrase'

A whistleblower has alleged that an executive at NSO Group offered a US-based mobile security company bags of cash" in exchange for access to a global signalling network used to track individuals through their mobile phone, according to a complaint that was made to the US Department of Justice.

The allegation, which dates back to 2017 and was made by a former mobile security executive named Gary Miller, was disclosed to federal authorities and to the US congressman Ted Lieu, who said he conducted his own due diligence on the claim and found it highly disturbing".