A former employee of the NSO Group, a company from Israel which manufactures and distributes 0day exploits to governments, is accused of having stolen a spyware from his employer and tried to sell 50 for millions of dollars in the black market.
The 38-year-old former NSO Group executive was fired from the company and has apparently decided to think about his future. Israel's State Attorney's Office claims to have received information that he attempted to dispose of one vulnerability worth about $90 million and tried to sell it to Dark Web for $ 50 million in cryptocurrencies.
"The defendant committed this crime out of greed, despite knowing that it could harm state security and lead to the collapse of a businesswhich employed 500 workers," the State Prosecutor said, according to Jerusalem reports
However, a buyer of hacking tools informed the NSO about the transaction and the company contacted the authorities immediately. So when the Police "visited" the house of the former employee, they discovered a lot of information.
The product in question was a vulnerability that was hacking on Apple products and was codenamed Pegasus. The vulnerability was 0day until it was discovered by the nonprofit company Citizen Lab of Canada, and was repaired by Apple.
There is a similar package for Android devices called Chrysaor.
The former employee is charged with theft and destruction of private property in a manner that endangers state security interests. It could be an interesting trial if the procedure ever made public.
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