Global phone hacks expose darker side of Israel's 'startup nation' image
By
Hadas Gold, CNN Business
Published Jul 26, 2021 7:45:57 AM
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(CNN) — Audacious Mossad spy operations around the world. The plucky "startup nation" home to reams of billion-dollar ideas. These are two drivers of Israel's image abroad that its political and business leaders have long been happy to push.
That slick image appears to have taken a hit with new reports that once again Israeli-founded technology, like the Pegasus software from the firm NSO, has been used by governments around the world to allegedly hack the cellphones of human rights activists, journalists and others.