US Lifts Sanctions on Trio Accused of Work on ‘Predator’ Spyware

The US government has lifted sanctions on three people who it previously accused of aiding in the proliferation of “Predator” spyware, a sophisticated surveillance technology that’s allegedly been used against Americans.

The Department of Treasury’s removal of the business bans on the trio associated with the Intellexa Consortium partially reverses the first US sanctions issued over the alleged misuse of a type of software that can secretively take over phones.

Last year, then-President Joe Biden’s administration sanctioned several people and businesses associated with the Intellexa Consortium for what the government said was their roles in developing, operating, and ...