ICE's $2 Million Deal for Israeli Phone-Hacking Tool Reinstated After US Lifts Suspension
The Trump administration lifted a Biden-era freeze on a $2 million ICE contract with Paragon, despite concerns over civil liberties and the spyware's use against journalists and activists.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a $2 million contract with Israeli spyware maker Paragon, which is now active after a previously lifted suspension, according to public records.
- Paragon, founded in 2019 by Ehud Barak and Ehud Schneorson, presents itself as an ethical alternative to spyware like NSO Group's Pegasus.
- The White House reversed a Biden-era decision to stop ICE's purchase of Paragon Solutions software.
- ICE is seeking to enhance its surveillance capabilities, citing prior deals with data brokers and software makers as evidence of its expanded arsenal.
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Graphite, from the Israeli firm Paragon Solutions, allows the intervention of phones and access to encrypted apps. ICE signed a millionaire contract in 2024
Trump may strike deal with Israeli spyware firm accused of targeting journalists, activists
President Donald Trump seems to be making moves to turn the United States into a surveillance state. The Trump administration appears to have unfrozen a stalled $2 million Biden-era contract with Paragon Solutions (US) Inc., a spyware company founded in Israel whose products have been accused of facilitating the surveillance of journalists and activists. “Invasive, secret hacking power is corrupting,” John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at t…
A contract of two million dollars has been concluded between the ICE, the American immigration control agency, and Paragon, the sulphurous publisher of ultra-perfect spy software.
Unfreezes US government millionaire contract between ICE and Israeli spy software company
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