Wednesday 03 November 2021 1:26 pm | Updated: Wednesday 03 November 2021 2:23 pm

U.S. blacklists four ‘spyware’ companies from Israel, Russia and Singapore

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 19: Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Demers speaks at a news conference at the Department of Justice, on October 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Justice Department announced an indictment against six Russia GRU officers charged with engaging in a series of hacking and malware deployment operations to attack other countries’ infrastructure, elections and other actions designed to further Russia’s interests. (Photo by Andrew Harnik – Pool/Getty Images)

The U.S. Commerce Department added four companies from Israel, Russia and Singapore to its “entity list” this morning, saying they engaged in “activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.”

They are the NSO Group and Candiru of Israel, Positive Technologies of Russia, and Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE. LTD, from Singapore, the department said in a statement.

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