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NEW: @POTUS' recent executive order has some commercial #spyware companies publicly fretting.
Good.
Pumping the brakes on reckless proliferation is the goal.
By @InesKagubare ft @james_a_lewis
thehill.com/policy/cyberse…
Good.
Pumping the brakes on reckless proliferation is the goal.
By @InesKagubare ft @james_a_lewis
thehill.com/policy/cyberse…
2/ For *a decade* the commercial #spyware industry told the world that it was capable of self control.
The big players even paid an army of ex US officials to beat back regulation.
Instead, they fueled a global hacking crisis & eroded US national security.
The big players even paid an army of ex US officials to beat back regulation.
Instead, they fueled a global hacking crisis & eroded US national security.
3/ Many Ex US officials took #NSOGroup cash.
Mike Flynn, Tom Ridge, Juliette Kayyem, Jeh Johnson, Rod Rosenstein, etc.
And while they were doing that?
At least 50 🇺🇸 officials got targeted.
Countless more among our closest allies.
By @drewharwell
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
Mike Flynn, Tom Ridge, Juliette Kayyem, Jeh Johnson, Rod Rosenstein, etc.
And while they were doing that?
At least 50 🇺🇸 officials got targeted.
Countless more among our closest allies.
By @drewharwell
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
4/ #NSOGroup didn't limit their cash to ex US officials.
Former foreign officials got pulled in, too.
Some fancy name progressive firms, too.
And, embarrassingly, so did a privacy advocate or two.
And you know what?
NSO is *still* trying cozy up to US thought leaders.
Former foreign officials got pulled in, too.
Some fancy name progressive firms, too.
And, embarrassingly, so did a privacy advocate or two.
And you know what?
NSO is *still* trying cozy up to US thought leaders.
5/ The #NSOGroup plot arc went... as warned:
Company fueled a spyware crisis.
US national security got harmed, triggering @POTUS to bring hammer down on industry.
But those paid allies & lobbyists NSO bought?
Actually... I do wonder how they would explain themselves today?
Company fueled a spyware crisis.
US national security got harmed, triggering @POTUS to bring hammer down on industry.
But those paid allies & lobbyists NSO bought?
Actually... I do wonder how they would explain themselves today?
6/ And more or less exactly this.👇
When the rogues are upset & complaining, you've accomplished something.
When the rogues are upset & complaining, you've accomplished something.
https://twitter.com/DavidAgranovich/status/1649806352644972544
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