Seriously Risky Business Newsletter
July 28, 2022
Director of National Intelligence to Monitor Commercial Spyware Industry
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Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren, edited by Patrick Gray and supported by the Cyber Initiative at the Hewlett Foundation and founding corporate sponsor Proofpoint.
Commercial spyware providers such as NSO Group are now firmly in the political crosshairs.
On Wednesday this week the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee held an open hearing into commercial cyber surveillance. And last week the Intelligence Authorisation Act (IAA), which includes several anti-spyware provisions, passed the House Intelligence Committee with bipartisan support. (The Washington Post and CyberScoop both have excellent reporting on this.)