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A screenshot from a 2019 Forbes profile of Tal Dilian, founder of the Intellexa Consortium, sanctioned by the US. (Screenshot/Forbes)
March 25, 2026, 8:22 pm
Israeli spyware maker to appeal conviction in Greece’s Predator case
Intellexa founder Tal Dilian says he won’t be a scapegoat in scandal, in which he was handed an eight-year prison sentence for surveillance of politicians and journalists
By Reuters
A screenshot from a 2019 Forbes profile of Tal Dilian, founder of the Intellexa Consortium, sanctioned by the US. (Screenshot/Forbes)
February 26, 2026, 1:46 pm
Israeli spyware maker sentenced to 8 years in Greece’s Predator case
Greek court convicts 4, including Intellexa founder Tal Dilian, over surveillance of politicians and journalists in ‘Greek Watergate’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A person types on a laptop keyboard, June 19, 2017. (AP/Elise Amendola/File)
December 31, 2025, 6:48 am
Trump administration drops sanctions on executives tied to Israeli spyware firm
US Treasury Department says the three executives ‘demonstrated measures to separate themselves from Intellexa,’ which is known for its ‘Predator’ hacking software
By Raphael Satter
A screenshot from a 2019 Forbes profile of Tal Dilian, founder of the Intellexa Consortium, sanctioned by the US. (Screenshot/Forbes)
March 5, 2024, 10:04 pm
US sanctions spyware firm, Israeli founder for tech targeting journalists, officials
Treasury raps Intellexa Consortium, founded in 2019 by Tal Dilian, over Predator software that allows unauthorized extraction of data
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert arrives for a court hearing related to the Netanyahu family lawsuit against him, at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on June 12, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 6, 2023, 11:48 am
Former PM Olmert worked for blacklisted Israeli company behind attack spyware
Ex-premier acknowledges having performed ambiguous advisory work for Intellexa, one of the firms behind Predator, but says he recently stopped
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A person types on a laptop keyboard, June 19, 2017. (AP/Elise Amendola/File)
July 18, 2023, 11:34 pm
US blacklists Israeli-controlled firms behind Predator spyware
Commerce Department restricts ability of Intellexa and Cytrox to do business with American companies for ‘threatening the privacy and security of individuals and organizations’
By AFP
Illustrative: Police clash with protesters outside the Baitul Mukarram Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
January 10, 2023, 1:53 pm
Israeli-owned firms reportedly selling spyware to Bangladesh with no oversight
Companies founded by Israelis and based in Cyprus, Singapore and elsewhere have been selling surveillance tech to Dhaka, circumventing Defense Ministry regulation of such exports
By ToI Staff
Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, listens as the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2022. (Susan Walsh/AP)
December 31, 2022, 6:09 pm
US lawmakers demand info from DEA, FBI on use of Israeli spyware
Adam Schiff, Ron Wyden express concern over agencies’ use of remote hacking tools, say American public deserves details on the scope of their deployment
By ToI Staff
In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 file photo, police officers walk among packages of seized cocaine at the Pacific port of Buenaventura, Colombia, after about one ton of cocaine was seized in a container during an operation by counternarcotics police at the port. (AP/Fernando Vergara)
December 8, 2022, 8:42 pm
US anti-drug agency using Israeli spyware, but Biden looking to crack down — report
Paragon’s Graphite phone-hacking software targets data backed up to cloud; officials say it is only being used outside of United States against drug cartels
By ToI Staff
In this June 22, 2019 file photo, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council sits on his vehicle surrounded by soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit during a military-backed tribal rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan. (AP/Hussein Malla)
December 1, 2022, 10:36 am
Report: Ex-army officer’s spy firm sent phone hacking tools to Sudanese militia
Investigative report finds private jet linked to Tal Dilian and his Intellexa company delivered powerful surveillance equipment to notorious Rapid Support Forces
By Michael Horovitz
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