{"id":35518,"date":"2020-06-10T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/31282\/LAPD-Got-Tech-Demos-From-Israeli-Phone-Hacking-Firm-NSO-Group.html"},"modified":"2020-06-10T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:00:10","slug":"lapd-got-tech-demos-from-israeli-phone-hacking-firm-nso-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/lapd-got-tech-demos-from-israeli-phone-hacking-firm-nso-group\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD Got Tech Demos From Israeli Phone Hacking Firm NSO Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) met with employees of the U.S.-branch of the controversial Israeli surveillance vendor NSO Group and received a demo of the company&#8217;s powerful phone hacking technology, according to emails obtained by Motherboard.<\/p>\n<p>The news is more evidence of NSO&#8217;s attempted move into the U.S. market, and also provides new details on previously unreported NSO products.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to thank you again for the product demo you put on for us at LAPD headquarters,&#8221; Detective Mark Castillo, from the technical support unit of the LAPD&#8217;s major crimes division, wrote to Westbridge, NSO&#8217;s U.S.-arm, in a June 2016 email. Motherboard obtained the emails through a public records act request.<\/p>\n<p>NSO is best known for selling its phone hacking technology to authoritarian regimes such as Saudi Arabia, which used a tool dubbed Pegasus to monitor the associates of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/8899nz\/nso-group-pitched-phone-hacking-tech-american-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Motherboard previously found<\/a>, NSO also tried to sell a U.S.-focused version of that software called Phantom to other local U.S. police departments, with a San Diego Police Department officer describing the tool as &#8220;awesome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Turn your target&#8217;s smartphone into an intelligence goldmine,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/6888574-Westbridge-NSO-Group-Brochure-for-Phantom.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a brochure for Phantom reads<\/a>. After infecting a phone, Phantom can steal a target&#8217;s emails, text messages, and contact list, and also track their physical location and more, according to the brochure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__blockquote\"><strong><em>Do you work at NSO Group, did you used to, or do you know anything else about the company? We&#8217;d love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on jfcox@jabber.ccc.de, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phantom appears to be one of the products that Westbridge demoed for the LAPD, according to the emails. The emails also reveal two other products Westbridge pitched to the LAPD, &#8220;Landmark&#8221; and &#8220;Hook.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you have any additional info regarding Landmark, phantom and hook I would like to go over it with my crew. Also, if my command allows, I would like to set up another demo with just my team,&#8221; Castillo wrote in the June 2016 email.<\/p>\n<p>A former NSO employee told Motherboard that Landmark is an SS7-based product. Whereas Phantom and Pegasus break into cellphone devices themselves, SS7 attacks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/mbzvxv\/criminals-hackers-ss7-uk-banks-metro-bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">target an underlying network<\/a> that phones use to communicate, allowing surveillance companies to track a phone&#8217;s location or intercept communications without the cooperation of a phone carrier. At the time of the LAPD emails, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/thomasbrewster\/2019\/08\/05\/a-multimillionaire-surveillance-dealer-steps-out-of-the-shadows-and-his-9-million-whatsapp-hacking-van\/#3f22725831b7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NSO had merged with another company called Circles<\/a>, a surveillance vendor focused on providing SS7 products. The former NSO employee described Landmark specifically as a &#8220;SS7 locating system.&#8221; Motherboard granted the source anonymity to protect them from retaliation from the company.<\/p>\n<p>The LAPD did not end up buying Westbridge&#8217;s products, according to the emails.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The last time we talked I was hoping we could find a funding source but unfortunately it doesn&#8217;t look like that is possible,&#8221; Castillo wrote in March 2017. &#8220;I would like you to see another demo for my crew but do not foresee <em>[sic]<\/em> able to purchase it. I would not want to waste your time.&#8221; NSO&#8217;s Pegasus product <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animalpolitico.com\/2017\/07\/pgr-pegasus-prestanombres\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can cost millions or tens of millions of dollars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Several major U.S. cities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/4aywmj\/here-are-all-the-major-police-reforms-cities-have-announced-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including Los Angeles<\/a>, have recently called or made moves to defund local police departments in the wake of widespread protests over police brutality. Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-06-03\/protests-demanding-racial-justice-gain-momentum-across-l-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said he would consider cuts<\/a> of up to $150 million across the police department.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__media\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/test-uploads\/_uncategorized\/1591718681423-Screenshot-2020-06-09-at-120343.png\" alt=\"1591718681423-nso-email\" class=\"col-12-xs\"><\/p>\n<p>A screenshot of an email from the LAPD to Westbridge. Image: Motherboard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An NSO spokesperson told Motherboard in an email, &#8220;As repeatedly stated, Westbridge Technologies shares a parent company with NSO but NSO exercises no control over Westbridge Technologies. With that said, NSO is incredibly proud of our product&#8217;s record of saving lives and preventing terror and serious crime globally. Our technology is provided to and operated exclusively by verified and authorized government agencies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emails previously obtained by Motherboard showed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/gygxk9\/the-dea-met-with-controversial-iphone-hackers-nso-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DEA also met with Westbridge<\/a>, but decided not to buy the company&#8217;s technology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/3kxk9j\/dea-didnt-buy-malware-nso-group-too-expensive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as it was too expensive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The LAPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Subscribe to our cybersecurity podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/cyber\/id1441708044?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CYBER<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE <a 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