The kits, which the company said were a sophisticated approach to bypassing multifactor authentication, pose a particular threat to the financial services sector.

The filing also suggests that customers have a minimal role in operating the spyware, in an apparent contradiction of past NSO Group claims.

The leading maker of spyware offered somewhat different explanations about wanting to see Apple’s lawsuit disappear.

The suit relies on a Civil War-era law that DOJ has increasingly turned to for cyber cases.

Delta will have to account for its own shortcomings if it follows through on a threat based on a “misleading narrative,” CrowdStrike said.

The groundbreaking lawsuit’s claims about inadequate disclosures related to the historic Sunburst attack were thrown out Thursday.

Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security Adam Hickey discussed the breach and the need to balance transparency with privacy related to sensitive material.

Sen. Ron Wyden said the courts administrators' lack of answers about the breach "is a major red flag about the state of the courts’ systems."

A top DOJ official said potential vulnerabilities in the online case management system means that "going online is not always the best thing."

The breach is separate from the SolarWinds fallout and had not been previously publicly disclosed.