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[–] Usually_Lurker@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The U.S. government put Intellexa and Cytrox, two European spyware makers, on an economic denylist on Tuesday.

The addition of the two companies, based in Greece and Hungary, as well as two related entities in Ireland and North Macedonia, is part of a wider effort from the Biden administration against makers of malware that is sold exclusively to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.