Amazon.com Inc’s cloud service, Amazon Web Services, has shut down infrastructure and accounts linked to Israeli surveillance vendor NSO Group, US media group Vice
reported on Monday.
reported on Monday.
NSO Group’s spyware was utilized in tried and profitable hacks of 37 smartphones belonging to journalists, authorities officers and human rights activists around the globe, in accordance with an investigation by 17 media organizations revealed on Sunday.
NSO denied the report and stated its product was supposed just for use by authorities intelligence and legislation enforcement businesses to combat terrorism and crime.
“After we realized of this exercise, we acted rapidly to close down the related infrastructure and accounts,” an Amazon spokesperson stated in an announcement on Monday.
Amazon didn’t instantly make clear if the accounts have been associated to NSO Group.
