Read more about the international crackdown on spyware
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- US Cracks Down on Spyware with Visa Restrictions
- Governments and Tech Giants Unite Against Commercial Spyware
Global scrutiny on hack-for-hire services and spyware tools has heightened over the past few months, with many countries strengthening their legal response to human rights and security violations leveraging these tools and services.
However, while the most infamous spyware products, like NSO Group’s Pegasus and Intellexa’s Predator, are now non-grata in several jurisdictions, many others still thrive.
According to a September 4 report by the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative and researchers at American University, spyware vendors’ ability to evade sanctions is in part due to a complex network of interrelated entities based in various locations and dependent on different jurisdictions.
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