NSO's spyware has a self-destruct feature on every cellphone hacked
Exclusive new details about the Israeli firm's activities in the Gulf, and how its spyware operates

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Israeli firm NSO sold its spyware for hundreds of millions of dollars to UAE and other Persian Gulf States, where it has been used to monitor anti-regime activists, with the encouragement and the official mediation of the Israeli government
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NSO has a nickname for every Gulf state where it operates, based on the first letter:
Saudi Arabia is called Subaru
Bahrain is BMW
Jordan is Jaguar

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Haaretz has learnt that NSO has signed contracts with Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Ras Al-Khaimah. NSO does not do business with Qatar because Israel prohibits it

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