Facebook去年曾經(jīng)指控以色列某安全監(jiān)控公司NSO Group在不知情用戶手機上安裝惡意插件,并對其提出法律訴訟。如今谷歌、微軟等一系列科技巨頭公司也紛紛加入此次訴訟。
12月21日,谷歌及微軟向舊金山聯(lián)邦上訴法院提交了一項動議,表示支持Facebook旗下WhatsApp在去年針對NSO Group所提的訴訟案。
根據(jù)WhatsApp在去年提交的起訴書,以色列這家公司利用其軟件漏洞在至少1400名用戶手機上非法安裝了間諜插件,該插件會從用戶手機中秘密采集信息。
微軟及谷歌在此番上訴的案情摘要中表示,如果放任NSO這樣的公司在美國各個系統(tǒng)中部署網(wǎng)絡(luò)監(jiān)控工具,必將導(dǎo)致大規(guī)模、系統(tǒng)性的網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全風(fēng)險。
NSO Group曾經(jīng)對此回應(yīng)稱,美國法院無權(quán)對其進行調(diào)查,因為NSO只是外國政府的代理商,有權(quán)獲得外國主權(quán)豁免。但美國加州奧克蘭的地區(qū)法官菲利斯?漢密爾頓于今年7月拒絕了NSO的駁回訴訟請求。
許多科技公司均呼吁法院能夠?qū)SO與美國其他本土公司一視同仁。微軟和谷歌都強調(diào),NSO的間諜插件“非常危險”,并指出它可能會借此破壞美國安全網(wǎng)絡(luò)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施,以此實現(xiàn)大規(guī)模金融犯罪,或造成另一些災(zāi)難性后果。
截至目前,思科、GitHub、領(lǐng)英、VMware、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)協(xié)會,以及一系列游說團體也加入了谷歌和微軟的行列。(財富中文網(wǎng))
注:該報道最早由路透社提供。
編譯:陳怡軒
Facebook去年曾經(jīng)指控以色列某安全監(jiān)控公司NSO Group在不知情用戶手機上安裝惡意插件,并對其提出法律訴訟。如今谷歌、微軟等一系列科技巨頭公司也紛紛加入此次訴訟。
12月21日,谷歌及微軟向舊金山聯(lián)邦上訴法院提交了一項動議,表示支持Facebook旗下WhatsApp在去年針對NSO Group所提的訴訟案。
根據(jù)WhatsApp在去年提交的起訴書,以色列這家公司利用其軟件漏洞在至少1400名用戶手機上非法安裝了間諜插件,該插件會從用戶手機中秘密采集信息。
微軟及谷歌在此番上訴的案情摘要中表示,如果放任NSO這樣的公司在美國各個系統(tǒng)中部署網(wǎng)絡(luò)監(jiān)控工具,必將導(dǎo)致大規(guī)模、系統(tǒng)性的網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全風(fēng)險。
NSO Group曾經(jīng)對此回應(yīng)稱,美國法院無權(quán)對其進行調(diào)查,因為NSO只是外國政府的代理商,有權(quán)獲得外國主權(quán)豁免。但美國加州奧克蘭的地區(qū)法官菲利斯?漢密爾頓于今年7月拒絕了NSO的駁回訴訟請求。
許多科技公司均呼吁法院能夠?qū)SO與美國其他本土公司一視同仁。微軟和谷歌都強調(diào),NSO的間諜插件“非常危險”,并指出它可能會借此破壞美國安全網(wǎng)絡(luò)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施,以此實現(xiàn)大規(guī)模金融犯罪,或造成另一些災(zāi)難性后果。
截至目前,思科、GitHub、領(lǐng)英、VMware、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)協(xié)會,以及一系列游說團體也加入了谷歌和微軟的行列。(財富中文網(wǎng))
注:該報道最早由路透社提供。
編譯:陳怡軒
Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and other tech giants asked for permission to join Facebook Inc.’s legal fight against an Israeli company that the social media company accuses of installing malware on the phones of unsuspecting users.
The companies asked the federal appeals court in San Francisco on December 21 to let them file a motion in support of a lawsuit that WhatsApp, Facebook’s messaging service, brought last year against NSO Group.
WhatsApp accused the spyware maker of using a since-closed vulnerability in the messaging service to install spyware on the phones of at least 1,400 users. The spyware allowed NSO to surreptitiously collect data from users’ phones, according to the suit.
Allowing companies like NSO to deploy cyber-surveillance tools across U.S. systems creates large-scale, systemic cybersecurity risk, the tech companies said in the brief at the appeals court.
NSO says it can’t be sued in a U.S. court because it was doing its work as an agent of foreign governments and so is entitled to foreign sovereign immunity. U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California, in July denied NSO’s request to dismiss the lawsuit.
The tech companies urged the appeals court to treat NSO like any other company doing business in the U.S. In their brief, the companies described NSO’s cyber-surveillance tools as “dangerous” and said they could be “exploited by malicious actors other than the initial customer to cripple infrastructure, commit large-scale financial crime, or cause other catastrophic damage.”
Google and Microsoft were joined in their request by Cisco Systems Inc., GitHub, Inc., LinkedIn Corp., VMware Inc., and the lobbying group, the Internet Association.
Reuters reported on the filing earlier.