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FBI spent two years considering whether to buy clandestine spyware Phantom that can hack into ANY phone in the US
- The FBI reportedly spent two years considering whether it should have used a clandestine spyware tool from an Israeli firm that can hack into any phone in US
- The spyware has been found in the cellphones of the likes of a Human Rights Watch investigator as well as Finnish diplomats working abroad
- US government agencies were contacted by the NSO Group, an Israel's notorious cyberweapons firm, multiple times between 2019 and last summer
- The two-years where US agencies considered procuring the spyware, dubbed 'Phantom,' happened at a time when NSO became the subject of controversy
- The country's top law enforcement agency ultimately did not purchase or procure the spyware software
- Critics of the firm had levied accusations of worldwide human rights abuses
- The US's interest was due to the fact that the firm's primary spyware does not work on US phone numbers and therefore couldn't be used in investigations
Uh huh
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-01-31 |
