Surveillance
UK Supreme Court rejects Bahrain immunity claim in dissidents’ spyware lawsuit
Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that Bahrain cannot use state immunity to block a lawsuit by two dissidents who allege the kingdom hacked their laptops with FinSpy surveillance software.
Elbit Systems secures $370 million in US Customs and Border Protection deals
EU expands Russia sanctions over cybercrime, surveillance and rights abuses
Former IDF intel. officer sentenced to prison term in Greek spying case
Israeli security firm used to surveil Britney Spears by father
A former employee of the Israeli-owned firm reveals how the company was tasked with monitoring the singer's phone conversations, even planting a listening device in her bedroom
WHO says Guinea monitoring confirmed 155 cases of Ebola-like Marburg virus
Guinea was declared free of Ebola two months ago, following an outbreak that killed 12 people.
Exclusive: Is satellite footage of attacked Iran facility being blocked?
It is possible that few US satellite imagery services withheld images of Iran's nuclear facility in Natanz.
If the claims are true, will NSO take responsibility this time?
NSO is adamant that it maintains the strictest of guidelines and supervision. But if the reports are true, then those standards are not doing the job.
Massive data leak uncovers human rights abuses using Israeli tech - report
The leak contains a list of over 50,000 phone numbers that the report estimated were identified as “people of interest” by clients of Israeli spyware company NSO Group since 2016.
Knesset uses High Court ruling to drop oversight of Shin Bet
Decreasing levels of infection rates may explain the lower level of action on the court’s part.
Coronavirus: High Court limits Shin Bet surveillance of citizens
After March 14, Shin Bet can use surveillance only for citizens who don't cooperate or recall whereabouts to assist in epidemiological probes.
IAI introduces new electro-optical high resolution surveillance system
The company explained that the system features an exceptionally long range of surveillance augmented by multispectral capabilities.
Court leans toward giving Shin Bet corona surveillance one-month extension
State wanted extension through July
140 thousand COVID patients illegally monitored by Shin Bet for a month
Chairman of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee MK Zvi Hauser noted that the incident was especially serious, because it continued for about a month before being exposed.
