September 13, 2024 at 01:34AM The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on Cambodian entrepreneur and senator Ly Yong Phat for his involvement in serious human rights abuses at O Smach Resort. The resort is alleged to be a forced labor camp operated by cyber scammers engaging in fraudulent … Read more
September 6, 2024 at 03:49PM Efforts by the US and other governments to curb NSO Group’s Pegasus and Intellexa Consortium’s Predator spyware have largely failed, leading the spyware retailers to improve evasion tactics. While recognized as a threat to human rights, sanctions have been circumvented, with spyware sales persisting. The spyware market is concentrated in … Read more
April 23, 2024 at 09:43AM The US State Department has imposed visa restrictions on 13 individuals involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware, targeting journalists, academics, and human rights defenders. This is part of the government’s efforts to combat the misuse of technology, with the latest move being a response to the abuse … Read more