John Scott-Railton
John Scott-Railton

@jsrailton

2 Tweets 2 reads Apr 28, 2022
NEW: private equity exec who led acquisition of spyware company NSO Group tried to undermine @citizenlab.
Even hired @vivekdotca, a former student of @RonDeibert to cozy up to us.
It didn't work.
By @skirchy
theguardian.com
@citizenlab @vivekdotca @RonDeibert @skirchy 2/ @skirchy & @harryfoxdavies also found that Stephen Peel even tried lobbying George Soros.
Who, to his eternal credit, seems to have told Peel to take a hike & recommend instead that he step away from NSO.
Peel didn't. His resulting mess is history.

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