US removes three spyware-linked executives from sanctions list


Merom Harpaz, Andrea Nicola Constantino Hermes Gambazzi, and Sara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou – three individuals who were sanctioned by the US for alleged links to commercial spyware products, have had their bans lifted recently.

In a new press release published by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) earlier this week, it was briefly stated that these three were deleted from OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. The announcement did not explain what changed and why these three are no longer under sanctions.

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Source: TechRadar News


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