September 3, 2021 3:03 pm
Scott Stedman
Shipping records reveal that a lesser-known affiliate of the hack-for-hire company NSO Group supplied equipment in 2020 to Uzbekistan’s national intelligence agency (SGB), often referred to as a “secret police” force with a record of brutality and oppression. NSO Group creates hacking tools that governments around the world have […]
December 14, 2020 2:38 pm
Scott Stedman
U.S. Sen Mark Warner, the Ranking Member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, has deep connections to a founder of the spyware company NSO Group according to corporate and government documents, open-source information, and sources who spoke to Forensic News, raising questions of a potential conflict of interest. As the […]
May 21, 2020 1:16 pm
Scott Stedman and Eric Levai
According to documents exclusively obtained by Forensic News, a US government agency board member working on a state-of-the-art communications network with Trump administration officials simultaneously served as a US Director for NSO Group, the infamous Israeli spyware company whose surveillance tools have been used by governments across the world to […]
April 29, 2020 2:06 pm
Scott Stedman
At face value, Circles Bulgaria, a hacking/surveillance firm under the control of the infamous Israeli spyware company NSO Group, and FloLive, a cloud-based internet connectivity and cybersecurity company in London look to be two entirely different operations. However, under a dizzying web of shell companies spanning numerous countries as well […]
January 3, 2022 12:42 pm
Adrienne Cobb
If 2021 is known for anything, it should be remembered as the year with the most restrictive state legislation to date. Republican lawmakers across the country have proposed a record number of bills that limit voting rights, target LGBTQ+ people, curtail gun control, and obstruct Covid-19 prevention measures. They aren’t […]
November 19, 2021 12:33 pm
Scott Stedman
The FBI is conducting a wide-ranging criminal investigation into a Russian diaspora group, which announced on November 18th that it was shutting down operations because of federal scrutiny. The Daily Beast first reported FBI interest in The Russian Community Council of the USA (or KSORS — their Russian acronym) in […]
August 26, 2019 4:16 pm
Scott Stedman
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January 20, 2022 2:22 pm
Scott Stedman
A Russian cybersecurity company placed on a U.S. Commerce Department export ban list for having “enabled the activities of malicious Russian cyber actors” has maintained an active U.S. presence that has attracted the scrutiny of federal investigators, a Forensic News investigation can reveal. Open Joint Stock Company Information Technology and […]