ISRAELI SPYWARE MAKER PARAGON SOLUTIONS has confirmed that TechCrunch sells products to US governments and other unspecified allies.
“Paragon recognizes the technology in global democratic groups, mainly the United States and its allies,” said Paragon's executive secretary of John Fleming on TechCrunch on TeachCrunch.
Fleming also demands that all users agree on the conditions that all users clearly prohibit illegal targeting of journalists and other civil society. There is a zero tolerance policy for such targeting and ends the relationship with customers who violate the Terms of Use. “
These comments were made on Friday after claiming that PARAGON's spyware was used in a hacking campaign for about 90 journalists and civil society. Since then, at least two people have argued that at least one of the targets, including Italian journalist Francesco Cancerato and Sweden's Libyan activist, Fusham El Gomati.
Fleming did not answer a series of concrete questions, such as seeking details about who thinks paragon is a US allies, and democracy. The Terms of Use accurately describe the prohibition of targeting journalists and civil society members as spyware. Whether the company can investigate abuse claims, such as what is created by WhatsApp. Whether the company is investigating the WhatsApp claims. And if Paragon has finished his contract for such a violation.
Do you have more information about Paragon Solutions? You can send Lorenzo Franceschi-BICCHIERAI with a +1 917 257 1382 signal from a work other than work, via Telegram and Keybase @lorenzofb. You can also contact TechCrunch via Securedrop.
Last year, WIRED first reported that PARAGON's US subsidiary had signed a US immigration customs execution and a 2 million dollar contract, but the company did not comment.
The US Private Equity Company AE Industrial bidded last year to get a paragon for about $ 900 million. When contacted for comments, Matt Conroy, a spokesman in the AE industry, did not comment and postponed to a paragon.
WhatsApp said on Friday that he had stopped to Paragon and Desist. Fleming refused to comment on letters.
Cancellato is the director of the news website Fanpage.it. This was a survey last year at “GIOVENTùMeloniana”. Italian government since 2022. Thanks to the secret investigation video recording of the members of “Gioventùmeloniana”, the fan page has many people who make racist and anti -Semitic remarks, use N words, and are Nazi and Italian dictators. He indicated that he had a Benito Mussolini slogan. 。 The survey urged the opposition to criticize meloni.
“I feel that I am violating,” said TechCrunch, who told TechCrunch, who knew his mobile phone was targeted. “You ask yourself, why me? What did they want me?”
Ergoomati lives in Sweden, criticizes their cooperation in the relationship between the Italian government and the Libya government, especially the Libya immigrants, to stop reaching European countries. Masu.
YNETNEWS reported on Monday that Italy was a paragon customer. However, there have been no other confirmation of the claim so far.
Fleming did not respond when asked if Italy was a paragon customer, and the Italian government did not respond to TechnoCrunch comments.