Read the entire article, and you'll see that Phantom is another NSO product.
The U.S. had also moved to acquire Pegasus, the Times found. The FBI, in a deal never previously reported, bought the spyware in 2019, despite multiple reports that it had been used against activists and political opponents in other countries. It also spent two years discussing whether to deploy a newer product, called Phantom, inside the United States.The discussions at the Justice Department and the FBI continued until last summer, when the FBI ultimately decided not to use NSO weapons.
But Pegasus equipment is still in a New Jersey building used by the FBI. And the company also gave the agency a demonstration of Phantom, which could hack American phone numbers.
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