Apple sues company known for hacking iPhones on behalf of governments

$Apple (AAPL.US)$ is suing NSO Group, an Israeli firm that sells software to government agencies and law enforcement that enables them to hack iPhones.

Amnesty International said earlier this year it discovered recent-model iPhones belonging to journalists and human rights lawyers that had been infected with NSO Group malware.

Apple said on Tuesday it patched the flaws that enabled the NSO Group malware and would warn iPhone owners who may have been targeted.