US Imposes New Sanctions on Intellexa Spyware Firm

The sanctions target five individuals and one entity linked to the Predator spyware used for global surveillance and human rights abuses.

The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against five executives and one company associated with the Intellexa Consortium.
Intellexa, founded by former Israeli military officer Tal Dilian, developed the Predator spyware used to access sensitive information on smartphones.
Predator spyware has been used by authoritarian regimes to target dissidents, journalists, political candidates, and opposition figures worldwide.
The Aliada Group, a British Virgin Islands-based company, was also sanctioned for facilitating tens of millions of dollars in transactions for Intellexa.
The sanctions prohibit targeted individuals and entities from engaging in business or financial transactions within the U.S. or with U.S. entities.