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Khashoggi Friend Accuses Cyber Security Firm Of Helping Saudis Spy On Their Messages


December 3, 201811:08 PM ET

Shannon Van Sant

A Saudi dissident based in Montreal, Canada, filed a lawsuit this week against the NSO Group, an Israeli cyber security firm. The suit alleges the Saudi government used software from the company to spy on conversations with the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Omar Adbulaziz filed the case in Tel Aviv. He told NPR he had exchanged hundreds of text messages with Khashoggi through encrypted messaging apps, before being informed that their communication had been intercepted.

"Jamal was killed two months later. For sure the conversations between us played a major role in what happened to Jamal," Abdulaziz said.

Read more at: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/03/673105423/khashoggi-friend-accuses-cyber-security-firm-of-helping-saudis-spy-on-their-mess