{"id":168550,"date":"2024-09-18T10:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T10:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/?p=168550"},"modified":"2024-09-18T10:03:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T10:03:53","slug":"intellexa-consortium-sactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securityaffairs.com\/168550\/security\/intellexa-consortium-sactions.html","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Treasury issued fresh sanctions against entities linked to the Intellexa Consortium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U.S. Department of Treasury issued new sanctions against five executives and one entity linked to the Intellexa Consortium.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued new sanctions against five individuals and one entity associated with the Intellexa Consortium<\/a> for their role in developing, operating, and distributing commercial spyware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Intellexa Consortium was created in 2019, it has acted as a marketing umbrella for various offensive cyber companies that provide commercial spyware<\/a> and surveillance tools designed for targeted and mass surveillance campaigns. The name \u201cPredator\u201d spyware was used to refer to a collection of surveillance tools that allows to compromise victims\u2019 devices through zero-click attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predator spyware is known for its extensive data-stealing and surveillance capabilities.<\/gwmw><\/gwmw><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of the Treasury states that commercial spyware poses a significant threat to the national security of the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fresh package of sanctions issued by the U.S. government is part of the effort against commercial spyware vendors<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These designations complement concerted U.S. government actions against commercial spyware vendors, including previous\u00a0sanctions against<\/a>\u00a0individuals and entities associated with the Intellexa Consortium; the Department of Commerce\u2019s\u00a0addition of commercial spyware vendors<\/a>\u00a0to the Entity List; and the Department of State\u2019s\u00a0visa ban policy<\/a>\u00a0targeting those who misuse or profit from the misuse of commercial spyware, subsequently exercised on\u00a0thirteen individuals<\/a>.” reads the press release<\/a> published by the OFAC. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US government sanctioned the following individuals and entities linked to the Intellexa Consortium:<\/p>\n\n\n\n