Resellers and brokers expand and obscure the spyware supply chain, creating accountability gaps while remaining largely absent from current policy responses.
ICE spyware deal put on hold by Biden released by Trump
ICE's purchase of Paragon Solutions spyware was reinstated after Paragon became US-owned, circumventing a previous executive-order ban on foreign commercial spyware.
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has operational access to Graphite, a commercial spyware able to compromise any mobile phone and bypass encrypted apps.