An investigation shows how, despite US sanctions on the NSO Group, government spyware use is booming, including the DEA's secret deployment of Graphite spyware
which employ former Israeli cyberintelligence veterans. After questions from The New York Times, the Greek government admitted that it gave one of them, Ronen Bergman / @ronenbergman : Congress and the White House warned about risks to the United States posed by foreign commercial spyware but, as The Times reveals- there are exceptions.The White House is allowing the D.E.A. to continue its use of Graphite, the hacking tool made by Israel-based Paragon, for its Antonella Napolitano / @svaroschi : In which the Greek government admits that it gave Intellexa licenses to sell Predator to Madagascar, a country with a history of repression. (nice to see @insidestory_gr getting recognition for groundbreaking reporting) https://www.nytimes.com/... Edward Snowden / @snowden : “The Drug Enforcement Administration is secretly deploying spyware from an Israeli firm,” writes the @NYTimes. “The United States has played both arsonist and firefighter” in terms of digital security, funding a deadly bazaar for state hackers. https://www.nytimes.com/... Edward Snowden / @snowden : One notorious digital armaments dealer dismissed his involvement in human rights abuses. “We work with the good guys.” He added, “And sometimes the good guys don't behave.” Yeah, you know what they call good guys that don't behave? Bad guys. https://t.co/ozc18aQQPl Ronen Bergman / @ronenbergman : New: The USG has secretly deployed Israeli-made powerful hacking tools that invade mobile phones and vacuum up data. This was uncovered as part of a New York Times investigation into the booming global spyware market W\ @MarkMazzettiNYT @MatinaStevis https://www.nytimes.com/... Xenia Kounalaki / @xkounalaki : After questions from The New York Times, the Greek government admitted that it gave the company, Intellexa, licenses to sell Predator to at least one country with a history of repression, Madagascar. https://www.nytimes.com/... Antonella Napolitano / @svaroschi : The article also has an important view from the US, new tools, tension between strong regulations and needs of agencies like the DEA. And a very predictable - yet botched - attempt of Intellexa to market their tools to the Ukrainian government. https://www.nytimes.com/...
One notorious digital armaments dealer dismissed his involvement in human rights abuses. “We work with the good guys.” He added, “And sometimes the good guys don't behave.” Yeah, you know what they call good guys that don't behave? Bad guys. https://t.co/ozc18aQQPl
After questions from The New York Times, the Greek government admitted that it gave the company, Intellexa, licenses to sell Predator to at least one country with a history of repression, Madagascar. https://www.nytimes.com/...
operations against drug cartels. The use of spyware continues to proliferate around the world, with new firms — which employ former Israeli cyberintelligence veterans. After questions from The New York Times, the Greek government admitted that it gave one of them,
Congress and the White House warned about risks to the United States posed by foreign commercial spyware but, as The Times reveals- there are exceptions.The White House is allowing the D.E.A. to continue its use of Graphite, the hacking tool made by Israel-based Paragon, for its
In which the Greek government admits that it gave Intellexa licenses to sell Predator to Madagascar, a country with a history of repression. (nice to see @insidestory_gr getting recognition for groundbreaking reporting) https://www.nytimes.com/...
The article also has an important view from the US, new tools, tension between strong regulations and needs of agencies like the DEA. And a very predictable - yet botched - attempt of Intellexa to market their tools to the Ukrainian government. https://www.nytimes.com/...
“The Drug Enforcement Administration is secretly deploying spyware from an Israeli firm,” writes the @NYTimes. “The United States has played both arsonist and firefighter” in terms of digital security, funding a deadly bazaar for state hackers. https://www.nytimes.com/...
New: The USG has secretly deployed Israeli-made powerful hacking tools that invade mobile phones and vacuum up data. This was uncovered as part of a New York Times investigation into the booming global spyware market W\ @MarkMazzettiNYT @MatinaStevis https://www.nytimes.com/...