Amazon dropped the NSO group infrastructure

NSO Group, the infamous Pegasus spyware maker, has been banned from Amazon Web Services after wiretapping scandal erupted Sunday night. The phones of Hungarian journalists, businessmen and politicians can also be observed.

According to an investigation by Amnesty International and journalists, the CloudFront infrastructure was used to disseminate Pegasus on a mobile phone for targets, including a phone call from a French human rights lawyer. Using CloudFront provides some protection for NSOs from researchers or other third parties who might try to explore the company’s infrastructure.

As early as last May, it was known that UFOs installed malware through Amazon’s system, and Amazon didn’t even respond to Vice’s request. But after the global press was filled with spyware breaches, Amazon shut down CloudFront accounts linked to the NSO group. to deputy now they wroteThat when they learned of the activity, they acted quickly to shut down the appropriate infrastructure and accounts.

CloudFront is Amazon’s network of content providers, which, according to its official website, “securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers around the world, with low latency and high transfer rates, all in a developer-friendly environment.”

AI reports that the NSOs also use the services of other companies, such as Digital Ocean, OVH, and Linode. (vice)