A Barcelona court has determined that Omri Lavie and Shalev Hulio, co-founders of Spyware Maker NSO Group, and former executives of two affiliate companies Yuval Susekh, can be charged as part of the alleged hacking of Catalan lawyer Andreu Van Den Eynde.
Ilidia, a Barcelona-based human rights nonprofit that filed criminal charges, announced its ruling on Monday.
In the lower court, Ilidia requested that judges Ravie, Julio and somekh be charged in addition to their company. Initially, the court refused the request. Ilidia appealed, and the High Court ruled that three people can now be charged.
“This ruling sets a significant legal precedent in the fight against spyware spying in Europe,” Iridia spokesman Lucia Forestargariga told TechCrunch. “Any person involved will be personally liable in court.”
“There are 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.