U.S. buys Pegasus maker

A Robert Simonds–led American consortium is set to acquire Israel’s NSO Group, pending approval by Israel’s Defense Export Control Agency. Shifting ownership of Pegasus to U.S. investors could reshape sanctions exposure, export licensing, and human‑rights oversight for one of the world’s most controversial surveillance tools. — It spotlights how private capital and export authorities will now jointly determine the governance of commercial spyware with global free‑expression and security consequences.