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Former CEO of Israeli spyware company seeking Ontario contracts for his new firm

Dream Group is registered to lobby Doug Ford’s office to buy its cyber defence software

Ghazal Azizi, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterCarly Penrose
Ghazal Azizi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Carly Penrose

10 Nov 2026 • 4 min read

Shalev Hulio (left) founder of Dream Group and former CEO of NSO Group, speaks with tech investor and billionaire Peter Thiel (right) at an event.
Shalev Hulio (left), the founder of Dream Group and former CEO of NSO Group, speaks with tech investor and billionaire Peter Thiel (right) at an event. Dream Group is registered to lobby the Ontario government for cyber defence contracts. In a post, Hulio said without Thiel, 'Dream might never have existed.' (Shalev Hulio/LinkedIn)

Ghazal Azizi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ghazal Azizi, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Ghazal Azizi is a journalist and fact-checker based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), reporting on Indigenous affairs in Quebec for the IJF. Her position is supported by the LJI’s Changing Narratives Fund.

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