NSO president who made Pegasus resigns, said- plans to leave the company had been made months ago

Asher Levy, the president of NSO, the cyber security company that developed the Pegasus spyware, has resigned. Meanwhile, he refused to consider the uproar in Israel and many other countries of the world over the Pegasus spying as the reason for his resignation. Levi said, 'My departure from the company was planned months in advance. My resignation has nothing to do with the recent turmoil.

Demand for parliamentary inquiry into Israel's spying case

This month, lawmakers in Israel called for a parliamentary inquiry into the police's alleged use of the spyware on civilians. According to the report of the Hebrew-language newspaper Calcalist, in 2020, the police used the spyware Pegasus created by NSO to spy on politicians and ordinary citizens involved in the protests against the then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Apple sued

Two months ago, US tech giant Apple has sued NSO Group, the maker of Pegasus. The company says that NSO Group spied on iPhone users through Pegasus. The company has also demanded a ban on NSO. Let us tell you that the investigation is going on in India regarding the Pegasus espionage case. Do not use the device. With this, the personal data of our users will be completely safe. The company further said that Pegasus has spied on 1.65 billion users, including more than a billion iPhone users.

Apple also said that the company's devices are safe, but private companies are making such tools, which are quite dangerous. At the same time, NSO Group had vehemently denied all the allegations against them. The group said that its software is used to curb terrorism and crime.