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I wonder which other nations are known for the development and commercialization of such tools. North Korea and Russia spring to mind.
by anigbrowl 2y ago
I wonder which other nations are known for the development and commercialization of such tools. North Korea and Russia spring to mind.
- jonathanstrange 2y agoAnnex 2 of the 2022 "Pegasus and surveillance spyware" report for the EU parliament lists a number of software names.[1] By looking up the companies or countries who make them you can probably find out more. For your convenience, I quote the Annex: Among the various spyware and surveillance products that are on the market, the following are mentioned in publicly available reports: Pegasus by NSO group, Cobwebs Technologies, Cognyte, Black Cube, Blue Hawk CI, BellTroX, Cytrox107, Predator, Candiru, Reign / QuaDream, Paragon108; Dark Basin, Circles system, SS7 attack, Cobalt Strike, FinSpy, NetWire, P6 intercept, Galileo, PC 360, Karma, Epeius, StealthAgent, Crimson, Invisible Man, Unlimited Interception System, Skylock, Windshield, Phoreal, Soundbite, OceanLotus tester, Ocean Lotus encryptor, Ocean Lotus Cloudrunner, Ocean Lotus MAC, Komprogo. Among the companies mentioned : Cellebrite, FinFisher, Blue Coat, Hacking Team, CyberPoint, L3 Technologies, Verint and of course NSO Group. [1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2022/732268/IPOL_IDA(2022)732268_EN.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2022/7322...
- Yoric 2y agoWell, the US is pretty well-known for its spying capabilities, both government (NSA/Echelon) and private (Palantir, etc.)