AP Source: State Department employees hacked by NSO Group

By ALAN SUDERMAN and ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The phones of 11 U.S. State Department employees were hacked using technology from Israel’s NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire company. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The person said the employees were all located in Uganda and included some foreign service officers.  Some local Ugandan employees of the department also appear to have been among the 11 hacked. News of the hacks was first reported by Reuters. It comes a month after the U.S. Commerce Department blacklisted NSO Group, limiting its ability to use U.S. technology.