Five Democratic US senators are asking the Trump administration to explain its decision to lift sanctions on people the government had previously accused of helping spread sophisticated surveillance technology that’s allegedly been used against Americans.
The use of administrative subpoenas, which are not subject to judicial oversight, are used to demand a wealth of information from tech companies, including the owners of anonymous online accounts documenting ICE operations.
NSO Group had sought to stay the order pending a decision on its appeal in the case, which centers on allegations that it targeted 1,400 WhatsApp users with its powerful zero-click Pegasus spyware in 2019.
The Federal Trade Commission has denied a petition from Scott Z
In a court filing ahead of the ruling, NSO told the judge that blocking it from targeting WhatsApp infrastructure to implant its spyware could “put NSO’s entire enterprise at risk” and “force NSO out of business.”
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
The U.S. government has been contracting stealth startup Twenty, which is working on AI agents and automated hacking of foreign targets at massive scale.
Hollywood producer Robert Simonds takes controlling stake, appoints former Trump official David Friedman
Civil rights attorneys are seeking documents disclosing details on the extent of ICE’s use of invasive Israeli spyware to target immigrants
Prosecutors confirmed Peter Williams, the former Trenchant boss, sold eight exploits to a Russian buyer. TechCrunch exclusively reported that the Trenchant division was investigating a leak of its hacking tools, after another employee was accused of involvement.
Trump’s immigration enforcers just inked a multimillion-dollar deal for AI-driven social media surveillance software used by the Israeli military and the Pentagon.
The U.S. Department of Justice accused Peter Williams, former general manager of L3Harris’ hacking division Trenchant, of stealing trade secrets and selling them to a buyer in Russia.
ICE’s HSI division gets contacts from the WhatsApp account of a fake ID dealer and has little trouble identifying them, according to warrant.
A U.S. court has ordered Israel's NSO Group to stop targeting Meta Platforms' WhatsApp messaging service, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business.
Hollywood producer Robert Simonds leads the deal, subject to Israeli and U.S. regulatory review.
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
ICE is using a controversial spy tool to locate smartphones, court records show.
The cyber division of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations on Saturday quietly lifted a stop-work order put into place by the Biden administration in October.
Flock said it has "paused all federal pilots" after police departments said they didn't realize they were sharing access with Customs and Border Patrol.
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.