Sara Hamou News Today

An international spyware firm sanctioned by the US government after its ‘Predator’ software was allegedly used to spy on the phones of top officials has never had a physical presence in the building it claims as its Dublin headquarters.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is working to substantiate with evidence the stance that Cyprus serves as a hotspot for companies producing surveillance software and acts as a hub for exporting such systems.Two distinct cases emerged into public view yesterday throug

The targeting on the social network formerly called Twitter came as Vietnamese and American diplomats were negotiating a major cooperation agreement intended to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.

The targeting came as Vietnamese and American diplomats were negotiating a major cooperation agreement intended to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.

Two of the most influential foreign policy voices on Capitol Hill were targeted, as were Asia experts at Washington think tanks and journalists from CNN, including Jim Sciutto.

The Intellexa Alliance is the name of the shady group of European companies that supplies dictators and despots with cyberweapons. The mass spyware attacks have also been lucrative for some in Germany.

Intellexa group produces asoftware called Predator that can secretly take over the microphone and camera on a targeted mobile phone