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☆ U.S. blacklists two firms that built Meta, iOS and Android spyware
  + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
The Commerce Department blacklisted two European cyber firms that build spyware software, the Commerce Department announced Tuesday, including technology hawked by both firms that was used to surveil Meta users and reportedly at least one Meta employee. The software exploited vulnerabilities in Android and iOS software and deployed hundreds of spoof Meta accounts to surveil activists, politicians and journalists around the world. Meta in December 2021 warned thousands of Facebook users that they'd been targeted by spyware-for-hire software, including Predator. The New York Times reported extensively on Intellexa's Predator product, and the company's efforts to sell it to a Ukrainian intelligence agency. Intellexa's Predator was also used by Greek intelligence to spy on a Meta trust and safety employee, the Times reported.
Persons: Gina Raimondo, —, Cytrox —, they'd, Tal Dilian, Intellexa, Biden, Trump Organizations: Commerce, The Commerce Department, Commerce Department, Industry, Security, Citizen Lab, Export, Meta, Facebook, Israel Defense Forces, The New York Times, Times, Huawei Locations: Davos, Switzerland, Greece, Ireland, Hungary, North Macedonia, Ukrainian
☆ U.S. Blacklists Two Spyware Firms Run by an Israeli Former General
  + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Mark Mazzetti | More About Mark Mazzetti | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The Biden administration added two Europe-based hacking firms controlled by an Israeli former general to a Commerce Department blacklist on Tuesday, its latest effort to try to rein in a spyware industry that has spiraled out of control in recent years. The two firms, Intellexa and Cytrox, are at the center of a political scandal in Greece, where government officials have been accused of using their hacking tools against journalists and political opponents. Under the terms of the blacklist, American companies are largely prohibited from doing business with the designated firms, a move designed to starve them of the U.S. technology — such as servers and cloud storage — they need to continue operations. In November 2021, the White House blacklisted the Israeli firm NSO Group, the most well-known purveyor of hacking tools. Both Intellexa and Cytrox are controlled by Tal Dilian, a former general in the Israeli military intelligence who was forced to retire from the Israeli Defense Forces in 2003 after an internal investigation raised suspicions that he had been involved in funds mismanagement, according to three former senior officers in the Israeli military.
Persons: Biden, Tal Dilian Organizations: Commerce Department, Intellexa, White House, NSO Group, Israeli Defense Forces Locations: Europe, Greece, U.S
☆ U.S. adds two European surveillance firms to export control list
  + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Jarrett Renshaw David Shepardson Karen Freifeld | Jarrett Renshaw | David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday added two European-based surveillance firms to its economic trade blacklist as part of the Biden administration's efforts to counter the misuse of commercial spyware. The department added Cytrox, a Hungary-based surveillance company and Greek firm Intellexa, another cyber-surveillance firm and two related entities in Ireland and Macedonia. Attempts to reach representatives from Cytrox and Intellexa were not immediately successful. The journalist's allegation came as the European Union (EU) was beginning to follow the United States in taking a harder look at spyware merchants and the use of powerful surveillance software. Reuters reported in 2020 that Intellexa was working with intelligence agencies in Southeast Asia and Europe.
Persons: Biden, Intellexa, Tal Dilian, Cytrox, Jarrett Renshaw, David Shepardson, Karen Freifeld, Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing, Doina Chiacu, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: U.S . Commerce Department, Reuters, Intellexa, The Commerce Department, European Union, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Hungary, Ireland, Macedonia, Cytrox, Greece, United States, Southeast Asia, Europe
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