Barcelona court ruled that Omri Lavie and Shalev Hulio, co-founders of spyware maker NSO Group, and Yuval Somekh, former executive of the two member companies, could be sued Investigation on alleged assault by Catalan lawyer Andreu van den eynde.
Barcelona-based human rights nonprofit Iridia The ruling was announced on Monday.
In the lower court, Iridia also asked the judge to charge Lavie, Hulio and Somekh, in addition to demanding their company. Initially, the court rejected the request. Iridia appealed and the High Court now ruled that the three could be sued.
“This ruling sets an important legal precedent in the fight against spyware espionage,” Iridia spokesman Lucía -Foraster Garriga told TechCrunch. “Now, the individuals involved will be personally responsible in court.”
“We have no comments,” NSO Group spokesman Gil Lanier told TechCrunch in an email.
Lavie, Shalev and Somekh did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment.
