Pegasus / NSO
artifactIntelligence & Surveillance · Darknet & Cyber
Off-the-shelf spyware can silently take over a phone with no click required — and it's sold to dozens of governments.
Who they are
Pegasus, the surveillance product from NSO Group.
What they do
It's spy-grade phone surveillance sold as a service.
How it works
It uses zero-click exploits (no user action needed), has been sold to 40-plus governments, and was built by alumni of Israel's Unit 8200 signals-intelligence corps.
Why it matters
The desc frames it as state-level signals intelligence turned into a commercial product for sale.
The engine's record — word for word
Surveillance-as-service. 40+ governments. Zero-click exploits. Unit 8200 alumni. Monetized signals intelligence.
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