NSO Group Confirms Website Hit by DDoS Attack Claimed by DarkStorm

• Hacktivist group DarkStorm claimed a DDoS attack targeting NSO Group.
• The company confirmed its corporate website experienced some downtime.
• For now, the operational and financial impacts of the attack remain unclear.

The NSO Group, the Israeli cyber-intelligence firm best known for its controversial Pegasus spyware, became the target of a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack earlier this week. The hacktivist group known as DarkStorm has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The DDoS attack launched by DarkStorm, which reportedly disrupted access to the company's corporate website, overwhelmed the NSO Group’s website with an influx of traffic, rendering it inaccessible for a period of time. 

While the operational and financial impacts of the attack remain unclear, the incident has once again brought NSO Group under intense scrutiny, adding to the controversies already surrounding its surveillance technologies.

DarkStorm, an emerging hacktivist entity, announced its involvement through online channels, claiming the attack was intended as a statement against NSO Group’s alleged abuses linked to the use of its Pegasus spyware. The software has been at the heart of several allegations, including its use for surveillance of journalists, activists, and political figures.

The NSO Group has yet to release a detailed statement regarding the incident but confirmed that its website experienced temporary inaccessibility due to external interference. 

The company emphasized that such attacks do not affect its internal systems or operations, as its proprietary technologies and data are hosted in secure environments separate from its public web presence.

The attack comes during a globally heightened concern over cybersecurity risks targeting critical services, private entities, and state-related organizations. 

NSO Group was ruled guilty of distributing Pegasus spyware via WhatsApp, violating the platform's terms of service by using the platform for malicious purposes and reverse engineering.