Israeli foreign minister promises closer look at NSO

Israel's foreign minister on Wednesday played down criticism of the country's regulation of the cyberespionage firm NSO Group but vowed to step up efforts to ensure the company's controversial spyware doesn't fall into the wrong hands. Speaking to foreign journalists, Yair Lapid said the government has only limited control over how defence exports are used by customers. Yet he said that Israel is committed to enforcing and strengthening safeguards to prevent abuse of all types of weapons. Lapid said: “We're going to make sure, or try to make sure to the extent of what is doable and what is not, that nobody is misusing anything that we sell.”