FBI investigation reveals that it was unknowingly using NSO-backed spyware
, an FBI contractor used NSO's geolocation product Landmark to track the locations of targets in Mexico.
The FBI had inked a deal with telecommunications firm Riva Networks to track drug smugglers in Mexico, according toThe spyware let US officials track mobile phones because of existing security gaps in the country's cellphone networks. While the FBI says it was misled by Riva Networks into using the tech, and has since terminated the contract, people with direct knowledge of the situation said the FBI used the spyware as recently this year.
This isn't the FBI's first run in with NSO and its spyware tools. Prior to the executive order banning the products for government use, the agency
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