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December 20, 2021, 8:16 pm
10 Israelis set to be indicted for illegally exporting missiles to China
Drone entrepreneur Ephraim Menashe and 9 others to be charged for a range of crimes, including carrying out missile tests near residential neighborhoods
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ToI Staff
December 6, 2021, 8:22 pm
Amid fallout from NSO scandal, Israel imposes new restrictions on cyber exports
Move comes after powerful Israeli-made surveillance tools reportedly used against journalists and activists by countries around the world under the guise of fighting terror, crimes
By
Judah Ari Gross
August 12, 2021, 2:23 pm
UN experts urge freeze on surveillance tech sales amid Israeli spyware scandal
Special rapporteurs urge Israel to disclose ‘what measures it took to review NSO export transactions in light of its own human rights obligations’
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AFP
August 6, 2021, 2:25 pm
Ex-ombudsman said to highlight human rights concerns about NSO Group last year
Report says Yosef Shapira was among a group of former officials who warned the Defense Ministry that without greater oversight of cyber firms, ‘this will blow up in Israel’s face’
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ToI Staff
July 28, 2021, 10:50 pm
Defense Ministry officials ‘visit’ NSO Group in first probe following spy exposé
Move comes as Gantz visits Paris, after reports emerge Macron, French parliamentarians were among those tracked with company’s cyber surveillance technology
By
Judah Ari Gross
July 28, 2021, 7:49 pm
NSO Group affair is latest in Israel’s long history of arming shady regimes
Aversion to arming human rights violators often trumped by political expediency; only new legislation can keep Israeli firms from selling wares to bad actors, activists say
By
Judah Ari Gross
July 19, 2021, 9:58 pm
Israel: If NSO Group violated export permits, ‘appropriate action’ will be taken
Amid reports company’s technology was used against activists and journalists, Defense Ministry says firm was only allowed to sell its products for fighting crime, terror
By
Judah Ari Gross
February 16, 2021, 6:47 am
Suspect in arms sale to Asian country was previously entangled in similar case
Both attempts — which involved munitions that loiter near, search for and then attack their target — expose holes in Israel’s defense export oversight mechanism
By
Tal Schneider
August 19, 2020, 11:01 pm
Rights activists raise alarm over Israeli cellphone hacking tech sold to Belarus
Lobbyists urge Defense Ministry to curb export of Cellebrite’s technology to Lukashenko regime as long-time dictator cracks down on opposition
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September 15, 2019, 1:35 pm
Police arrest spy-tech firm officials suspected of fraud, money laundering
Arrests made in Ability defense contractor case after the firm’s subsidiaries’ licenses were suspended six months ago
By
Judah Ari Gross
March 26, 2019, 7:21 pm
Defense Ministry rebukes Israeli spy tech company for unlawful exports
Ability Computer and Software Industries, Ability Security Systems have licenses suspended after hearing; most details in case under gag order
By
ToI Staff
December 9, 2018, 2:35 am
Israel signed off on sale of phone spying tool to Saudi Arabia — report
Washington Post cites US officials who say export of NSO’s Pegasus program was approved despite hesitation from some Israelis over selling sensitive technology to Arab country
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