WASHINGTON US authorities on Wednesday put the Israeli maker of the Pegasus spyware on a list of restricted companies, taking aim at software central to a scandal over surveillance of journalists and officials.The company, NSO, was engulfed in controversy over reports that tens of thousands of human rights activists, journalists, politicians and business executives worldwide
Companies added to Entity List for Malicious Cyber Activities for supplying foreign governments with tools to target journalists, opponents and dissidents as is the conduct of totalitarian regimes; Israel says studying implications of decision
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is putting new export limits on Israel s NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire company, saying its tools have been used to “conduct transnational repression.”