US Federal agencies banned from using foreign spyware

Earlier this week, The White House decided to ban federal agencies from using foreign spyware. President Biden signed an executive order that stops federal employees from utilizing the power of foreign commercial spyware such as the controversial Pegasus, a spyware developed by Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group.

White House confirmed that the radical decision is prompted by the finding of commercial spyware installed on the smartphones of fifty overseas government officials. The Biden Administration hopes the new …

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