NSO Group bloke charged with $50m theft of government malware
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/06/nso_group_employee_charged/
A former worker at NSO Group – the Israeli biz infamous for selling zero-day exploits to governments nice and nasty – has been charged with stealing his employer's spyware, and trying to sell it for $50m on the black market.
The 38-year-old former bod was reportedly told he was going to be fired by his bosses at NSO, and apparently decided on a novel form of golden parachute. Israel's State Attorney's Office claims he took software nasties and vulnerability information worth an estimated $90m and tried to sell it on the dark web for $50m in crypto-currencies.
NSO Group bloke charged with $50m theft of government malware
Jul 6, 2018, 12:15am UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/06/nso_group_employee_charged/
> A former worker at NSO Group – the Israeli biz infamous for selling zero-day exploits to governments nice and nasty – has been charged with stealing his employer's spyware, and trying to sell it for $50m on the black market.
> The 38-year-old former bod was reportedly told he was going to be fired by his bosses at NSO, and apparently decided on a novel form of golden parachute. Israel's State Attorney's Office claims he took software nasties and vulnerability information worth an estimated $90m and tried to sell it on the dark web for $50m in crypto-currencies.