On March 8, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reported: Earlier this week, the U.S. government announced sanctions against the founder of a controversial government spyware maker, Tal Dilian, and his business associate, Sara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou. In announcing the sanctions, U.S. Treasury officials accused Dilian and Hamou of developing and selling spyware that was then used to target Americans, including U.S….
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Chair Rodgers & Ranking Member Pallone Introduce Legislation to Protect Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries
The following is a press release issued yesterday by the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives: Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr., (D-NJ) introduced H.R. 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act, today. The Committee leaders’ bipartisan bill would…
Judge orders NSO to cough up Pegasus super-spyware source code
Thomas Claburn reports: NSO Group, the Israel-based maker of super-charged snoopware Pegasus, has been ordered by a federal judge in California to share the source code for “all relevant spyware” with Meta’s WhatsApp. The order [PDF] from Judge Phyllis Hamilton at the end of last month stems from WhatsApp’s 2019 lawsuit [PDF] against NSO for allegedly spying on 1,400…
Message to the Congress on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order that expands the scope of the national emergency…