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Export Control is Not a Magic Bullet for Cyber Mercenaries
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The arrest of cartel leader “El Chapo” was facilitated with spyware procured by a cyber mercenary. (Jesse Carneiro, https://flic.kr/p/2d98edJ; CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/)
In 2023, it is now possible for any government or private company to get access to your most intimate secrets. How? By paying a company to hack into your phone. Since the early 2010s, news of private companies that sell spyware and other offensive cyber tools has become commonplace. The spread of tools through these “cyber mercenaries” …
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