Israel is easing export rules on offensive cyber weapons, despite accusations by...
TEL AVIV - Israel is easing export rules on offensive cyber weapons, despite accusations by human rights and privacy groups that its technologies are used by some governments to spy on political foes and crush dissent.
Industry specialists say the change makes a speedier approval process possible for the sale of cyber weapons, or spyware, which are used to break into electronic devices and monitor online communications. “This is part of a reform that is essentially allocating more resources to the economy ministry for this important issue,” a ministry spokeswoman said.Advanced cyber weapons were until recently deployed only by the most technically sophisticated government spy agencies, such as those in the United States, Israel, China and Russia.
Rights groups say neighboring states including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are among the Israeli firms’ spyware customers. Under the rule change, the approval process can be up to four months quicker and this has been “a huge help”, he added. Previously, it could take close to a year for a new company to obtain approval, he said.
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