Whether poached or acquired, NSO employees are almost certainly already under the influence of Israeli security agencies.
If your players in this hypothetical are Apple, NSO, Israel, and USG—each could probably have a pretty convincing list of arguments for and against. I could see it going either way.
If by "under the influence" you mean alumni of. They're similar to the staff of military contractors in the US, roving from company to company to use all the skills they learned on the inside for massive profits privately.
If your players in this hypothetical are Apple, NSO, Israel, and USG—each could probably have a pretty convincing list of arguments for and against. I could see it going either way.