US adds two European surveillance firms to export control list

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday added two European-based surveillance firms to its economic trade blacklist as part of efforts by President Joe Biden’s administration to counter the misuse of commercial spyware.

The department added Hungary-based surveillance company Cytrox and Greece-based cyber-surveillance firm Intellexa, along with an Intellexa-related entity in Ireland and a Cytrox-related entity in North Macedonia.