An Atlantic Council study finds the U.S. now leads the world in financing commercial spyware, adding 20 U.S. investors in 2024 for a total of 31. Named American firms have backed Cognyte, which has been linked to abuses abroad, while new vendors and countries (including Japan) are entering the market despite anti-spyware pledges.
— It reframes spyware as a financial‑market problem as much as a tech or human‑rights issue, making U.S. investment policy and procurement power central to curbing abuse.
msmash
2025.10.10
90% relevant
This deal is a concrete instance of U.S. investors taking control of a leading spyware firm (NSO/Pegasus), reinforcing the thesis that American finance underwrites the commercial surveillance ecosystem and raising the same policy questions about export control and corporate responsibility.
BeauHD
2025.09.12
100% relevant
The report’s finding that D.E. Shaw, Millennium, Jane Street, and Ameriprise funded Cognyte, and the recommendation to leverage Executive Orders 14105/14093.
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