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Analysis: The question now is what effect the US move will have on Israel and on foreign governments who use NSO’s spyware

The US Commerce Department has also added Russia's Positive Technologies and Singapore's Computer Security Initiative Consultancy.

NSO, three other companies put on Entity List because its tools have also enabled foreign governments to conduct trans-national repression, targeting dissidents, journalists and activists

NSO and three other companies were added to a list that blocks foreign companies from buying certain types of sensitive American technology without a license.

Today, the U.S. Government added four foreign companies to the Entity List for engaging in activities contrary to the national security or foreign

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The Biden administration on Wednesday added Israeli tech and spyware firm NSO Group to the Commerce Department's Entity List, a blacklist of foreign people and enterprises facing restrictions on their business in the U.S. because of national security concerns.

The US Department of Commerce has added the NSO Group to its Entity List after reports came out earlier this year that its Pegasus spyware was being used to target activists, journalists, and more.

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

Move comes a week after Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said the Grand Duchy had used the company's controversial Pegasus spyware