Exclusive: Senator calls on Commerce to tighten proposed rules on exporting surveillance, hacking tech to problematic nations
Ron Wyden, D-Ore., fears the regulations have a major loophole and don’t cover enough repressive governments’ agencies.
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on July 8. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Exclusive -
The NSO Group company logo is displayed on a wall of a building next to one of their branches in the southern Israeli Arava valley near Sapir community centre on February 8, 2022. NSO Group currently has 39 legal cases against it due to the fallout around its Pegasus spyware product. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) Privacy Legal barriers complicate justice for spyware victims
Some recent court rulings show the difficult road of anti-spyware litigation, but those in the fight also see signs of promise.
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A woman uses her phone at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2022 in the Emirati capital on May 25, 2022. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP/Getty Images) Government State Department debars ex-NSA cyber mercenaries who aided vast UAE surveillance operation
The former intelligence operatives worked in a hacking unit of the cybersecurity firm DarkMatter, which is known for developing spyware.
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A photo taken on November 19, 2019 shows anti-drone equipment on display at the Ministry of the Interior stall during the 21st worldwide exhibition of internal State security (MILIPOL) in Villepinte, in the Paris suburb. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images) Geopolitics Spyware providers are flocking to international arms fairs to sell to NATO foes
The report shows that the problem goes well beyond NSO Group.
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The aerial view of BURJ KHALIFA and downtown at Sunset on December 20, 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Rustam Azmi/Getty Images) Government Former US intelligence operatives charged with helping UAE hack rivals, Americans
The charges accuse three American citizens of helping the UAE spy on foreign rivals, activists and U.S. citizens.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz meets with U.S. military leaders at the Pentagon on March 22, 2018. (DOD / Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kathryn E. Holm / Flickr) Government Al Jazeera journalist files lawsuit accusing Saudi, UAE crown princes of hack-and-leak
The lawsuit, filed by journalist Ghada Oueiss in a Florida federal court, claims 19 defendants total were involved in a breach of her iPhone.
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CC0 Domain – Government Shadow Brokers grow increasingly aggressive, threaten to dox former U.S. spy
In a post on social media publishing site Steemit, the group also hinted at being in possession of FBI hacking tools.
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(Getty/Jolie Gender) Government ISS World: The traveling spyware roadshow for dictatorships and democracies
The Intelligence Support Systems World Conference has expanded to bring thousands of prominent spies, police, hackers and powerful bureaucrats together to spend money on some of the latest and greatest in retail spying kits.