Copy of A Federal Agency Disobeyed the White House and Purchased Banned NSO Group Spyware
All the nitty gritty details of the contract involving Landmark havenhe Times reports that Landmark is a tool that allows NSO clients to quietly track the physical locations of specific mobile users without their knowledge. The 2021 agreement allowed the U.S. government to “test, evaluate, and even deploy the spyware against targets of its choice in Mexico.
One thing is for sure: whoever purchased Landmark certainly made a concerted effort to cover their tracks. The Times report that this unknown government agency—whatever it was—entered into an agreement with a front company, dubbed “Cleopatra Holdings,” in order to negotiate a contract with Gideon Cyber Systems—a holding company owned by the private equity firm, Novalpina Capital.
a variant of NSO’s infamous “Pegasus” spyware; Riva was involved with that deal and used the same front identity to help the bureau procure the malware, the Times reports.Somewhat comically, the White House seems to be claiming ignorance about the contract: “We are not aware of this contract, and any use of this product would be highly concerning,” an administration official told the Times.
To be honest, that would be pretty par for the course in this department. The federal government has consistently proven itself to be of two minds about powerful cyber tools like Landmark and Pegasus: the executive branch, on the one hand, has consistently soug ht to acknowledge the dangers that such invasive products pose...whereas the national security community has often seemed to be champing at the bit to deploy them—knowing full well how useful an all-seeing surveillance tool can be.
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