James F. Booth

For more than 25 years, James Booth has provided consulting and legal services to telecommunications carriers and to enterprise companies that manage their own telecommunications networks. Since June of 2009 he has also served as General Counsel of Spread Networks, LLC, which is the industry leader in the construction and operation of low latency high speed networks. Before joining Spread he was General Counsel for OnFiber Communications, a competitive telecommunications provider, and was the sole attorney for Qwest Communications International in support of its construction of an 18,800 mile fiber optic network spanning the United States. Earlier he was lead counsel for U S WEST in its wireless and cable television ventures in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Can This Israeli Startup Hack Your Phone?


Many computer-security companies trumpet their skills and accomplishments. Some take another tack altogether, like NSO Group.

This Israeli startup no longer operates a website. But it has peddled its wares to the Mexican government, gotten on the radar of Central Intelligence Agency officials and recently was bought by an American private equity firm.
A key selling point: NSO claims it can help monitor smartphones of people targeted by government agencies.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/08/01/can-this-israeli-startup-hack-your-phone/
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