NEW YORK: A startling revelation made by a US paper has made claims about a secret contract between a company that acts as a front for the US government and the American affiliate of NSO Group, an Israeli hacking firm notorious for its hacking tools that have been used to spy on political dissidents, human rights activists, and journalists.
According to a report published in New York Times, the contract, signed on November 8, 2021, violates the Biden administration’s public policy, which had only five days earlier placed NSO on a Commerce Department blacklist, and bans American companies from doing business with it. The NYT report says that the contract gave the US government access to a powerful geolocation tool that can track mobile phones around the world without the user’s knowledge or consent.
The contract stated that the “United States government” would be the ultimate user of the tool, although it is unclear which government agency authorized the deal and might be using the spyware. The contract specifically allowed the government to test, evaluate, and even deploy the spyware against targets of its choice in Mexico. The story highlights the ongoing battle for control of powerful cyberweapons and the tension between the allure of the power of these tools and the growing calls to limit access to them.
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