US Implements New Restrictions on Government Use of Spyware.
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President Joe Biden has issued an executive order banning US government agencies from using invasive commercial hacking tools that are deemed a threat to US national security or are implicated in human rights abuses. The directive targets spyware, or malicious software sold by companies around the world that break into the mobile phones of targets with a few clicks. The move comes amid growing concerns that both authoritarian governments and democracies can use the powerful hacking tools to suppress opposition voices or target journalists.
- US bans government agencies from using spyware 'operationally' as national security concerns grow CNN
- At least 50 U.S. government personnel targeted with phone spyware overseas The Washington Post
- US Bars Agencies from Buying Spyware from Blacklisted Companies Bloomberg
- Biden moves to prohibit government use of spyware that poses national security risk The Hill
- US to adopt new restrictions on using commercial spyware The Washington Post
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