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US sanctions spyware company and executives who targeted American journalists, government officials
9 months, 2 weeks ago

US sanctions spyware company and executives who targeted American journalists, government officials

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department announced Tuesday it has sanctioned two people and a Greece-based commercial spyware company headed by a former Israeli military officer that developed, operated and distributed technology used to target U.S. government officials, journalists and policy experts. Amnesty International’s Security Lab in October published a report that said that Predator had been used to target but …

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U.S. to roll out visa restrictions on people who misuse spyware to target journalists, activists
10 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. to roll out visa restrictions on people who misuse spyware to target journalists, activists

The Hindu  

The Biden administration announced that it is rolling out a new policy that will allow it to impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. The visa restrictions could also apply to people who facilitate or get financial benefit from the misuse of commercial spyware, officials said. “The United States remains concerned with the growing …

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US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration announced Monday it is rolling out a new policy that will allow it to impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. “The United States remains concerned with the growing misuse of commercial spyware around the world to facilitate repression, restrict the free flow of information, and enable human rights abuses,” …

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US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists
10 months, 2 weeks ago

US rolls out visa restriction policy on people who abuse spyware to target journalists, activists

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Monday it is rolling out a new policy that will allow it to impose visa restrictions on foreign individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. Such targeting has been linked to arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings in the most egregious of cases.” Biden issued a executive order nearly a year ago …

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How government agencies use commercial spyware to target opponents | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

How government agencies use commercial spyware to target opponents | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Between May and September, former Egyptian MP Ahmed Eltantawy was targeted with Cytrox’s Predator spyware sent via links on SMS and WhatsApp. While spyware may be used for commercial purposes like advertising, malicious spyware is used to profit from data stolen from a victim’s device. Commercial spyware, such as the Pegasus spyware from the NSO group, …

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US to adopt new restrictions on using commercial spyware
1 year, 8 months ago

US to adopt new restrictions on using commercial spyware

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will restrict its use of commercial spyware tools that have been used to surveil human rights activists, journalists and dissidents around the world, under an executive order issued Monday by President Joe Biden. The order “demonstrates the United States’ leadership in, and commitment to, advancing technology for democracy, including by countering the misuse of commercial …

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Biden signs executive order restricting use of commercial spyware
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden signs executive order restricting use of commercial spyware

Al Jazeera  

The decision comes as governments around the world face accusations of using spyware to target dissidents. United States President Joe Biden has signed an executive order restricting the government’s use of commercial spyware technology that has been utilised to target political dissent around the globe. “Democratic governments also have confronted revelations that actors within their systems have used commercial spyware …

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