ICE Has Spyware Now

News Source : Wired
News Summary
- A company owned by retired Marine sniper Dan LaLota won a $30,000 no-bid contract from the US Department of Homeland Security this month.
- A new type of malware is conducting sextortion scams by monitoring victims’ browsing habits for mature content and then taking screenshots of the adult material.
- The Trump administration rescinded a Biden administration order that blocked the ICE from obtaining hacking tools sold by Paragon, the Israeli firm with which it signed a $2 million contract last September.
The Biden administration considered spyware used to hack phones controversial enough that it was tightly restricted for US government use in an executive order signed in March 2024. In Trumps nohold [+4928 chars]