US Blacklists Israeli Hacking Tool Vendor NSO Group

US Blacklists Israeli Hacking Tool Vendor NSO Group
A computer keyboard lit by a displayed cyber code is seen in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017. Kacper Pempel/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Commerce Department added Israel’s NSO Group and Candiru to its trade blacklist on Wednesday, saying they sold spyware to foreign governments that used the equipment to target government officials, journalists, and others.

Positive Technologies of Russia, and Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE LTD, from Singapore, were also listed. The Department said they trafficked in cyber tools used to gain unauthorized access to computer networks.