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US Sanctions People, Entity Tied to Spyware Group

The U.S. this week sanctioned five people and one entity with ties to the Intellexa Consortium, a web of companies that builds and uses spyware products. The designations target Felix Bitzios, Andrea Nicola Constantino Hermes Gambazzi, Merom Harpaz, Panagiota Karaoli…

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and Artemis Artemiou, who have ties to companies that are part of the consortium, and Aliada Group, a British Virgin Islands-based company and member of the consortium. The U.S. has previously sanctioned people and entities with ties to the group, which develops commercial spyware known as Predator that’s used to target government officials, journalists and others (see 2403050020).