#militaries — Public Fediverse posts
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Ukraine destroys nearly 6,000 Russian FPV drones in major strike on military targets -- Russia's Arctic shadow war: How Moscow’s most-probed front fuels its Ukraine invasion -- The hidden health impact of Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy grid -- Mazda quietly returns to Russian market despite 2022 'exit' ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/tuesday-february-10-2026/
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Rampant abuse of #commercial #spyware has led to growing calls from Western political leaders to limit access to them.
And yet their power makes the tools #alluring to #intelligence #services, #militaries and #law #enforcement agencies in democracies and autocracies alike.
The story of Israeli cyber firm #NSO’s push to break into the United States market brings to life how these tensions have played out.
President Biden signed an #executive #order last week to clamp down on government use of commercial spyware. It prohibits federal departments and agencies from using #hacking #tools that might be abused by foreign governments, could target Americans overseas or could pose security risks if installed on U.S. government networks.
The order covered only spyware from commercial entities, not tools built by American intelligence agencies, which have similar in-house capabilities.
After this article was published online, the senior administration official told The Times that if there was a contract in November 2021 giving the United States access to the NSO tool, it would violate the new executive order.
Even as the Biden administration has showcased its efforts to #drive #NSO #out #of #business, it was clear even before the revelation of the latest contract that some agencies have been drawn to the power of these cyberweapons.
Elements of America’s expansive national security apparatus in recent years have bought the weapons, deployed them against drug traffickers, and have quietly pushed to consolidate control of them into the hands of the United States and its closest allies.