- The US government has been confirmed as a paragon client
- Paragon has recently been accused of having targeted journalists by WhatsApp
- Paragon “explicitly prohibit” “the targeting of journalists
The notorious Spyware software manufacturing company, Paragon Solutions, has confirmed that the US government is a buyer of its products.
Talk to TechcrunchParagon’s executive president John Fleming said: “Paragon obliges its technology to a limited group of global democracies – mainly, the United States and its allies.”
Confirmation comes a few days after WhatsApp revealed that Paragon had tried to illegally install his spy software on the devices of up to 90 journalists and civil society members thanks to zero click deployment.
Paragon forbidden to target journalists, the fact anyway
The Fleming Declaration continued, claiming that Paragon, “requires that all users accept general conditions that explicitly prohibit the illicit targeting of journalists and other personalities in civil society. We have a zero tolerance policy against such targeting and will end our relationship with any customer who violates our conditions of use. »»
Techcrunch said that Fleming has not answered a number of other questions, such as Who Paragon considers an American ally, and details on the conditions of service concerning the targeting of journalists, among other questions targeted on the charges brought By WhatsApp, and if paragon investigates allegations of abuse or has broken a contract due to violations.
Two of the journalists targeted in the WhatsApp campaign came forward. The Italian journalist Francesco Cancellato, Fanpage Director.it, who published secret video recordings of the youth of the ruling party in Italy, Fratelli d’Italia, making racist and anti-Semitic remarks, and singing Nazi and pro-fascist slogans of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
Libyan activist Husam El Gomati, based in Sweden, criticized the efforts made between the Italian and Libyan governments to prevent Libyan immigrants from crossing Europe via the Mediterranean Sea. Cancelloto and Gomati confirmed that they had been targeted by Paragon in the attack on spy software.
Via Techcrunch
