- The United States government has been confirmed as a Paragon client
- Paragon was recently accused of aiming journalists by WhatsApp
- Paragon “explicitly prohibit (s)” the orientation of journalists
The famous Israeli company manufacturing company Paragon Solutions has confirmed that the United States government is a buyer of its products.
Talking with TechcrunchParagon’s executive president John Fleming said: “Paragon licensed his technology to a select group of global democracies, mainly, the United States and his allies.”
Confirmation occurs days after WhatsApp revealed that Paragon had tried to illegally install their spyware on devices of up to 90 journalists and civil society members through a zero click deployment.
Paragon prohibits directed journalists, do you do it anyway?
Fleming’s statement continued, saying Paragon, “requires that all users accept terms and conditions that explicitly prohibit the illicit orientation of journalists and other civil society figures. We have a zero tolerance policy against this guidance and we will end our relationship with any client that violates our terms of service. “
Techcrunch This Fleming did not answer a series of other questions, as who considers Paragon as an ally of the USA., And the details about the terms of service regarding the orientation of journalists, among other specific questions about the accusations made By WhatsApp, and if Paragon investigates the accusations of abuse or had cut a contract due to violations.
Two of the journalists attacked in the WhatsApp campaign have been presented. Italian journalist Francesco Cancelato, director of Fanpage.it, who published undercover video recordings of the youth wing of the ruling party of Italy, Fratelli d’Italia, making racist and anti -Semitic comments, and song of the Nazis slogan and profascists of the Italian dictator Benito Benito Mussolini.
Libyan activist Husam El Gomati, based in Sweden, has criticized the efforts made between Italian and Libyan governments to prevent liberty immigrants from crossing Europe through the Mediterranean Sea. Both cancellation and Gomati confirmed that they had been attacked by Paragon in the Spyware attack.
Through Techcrunch
