US blacklists four surveillance and hacking tools suppliers, including NSO

John Leonard
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US blacklists four surveillance and hacking tools suppliers, including NSO
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US blacklists four surveillance and hacking tools suppliers, including NSO

Israeli firm Candiru, Russian security vendor Positive Technologies and Computer Security Initiative Consultancy also sanctioned

The US government has blacklisted four spyware companies, including the notorious Israeli firm NSO, whose Pegasus software was implicated in the killing of Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khas...

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