NEW: ICE confirms that it's planning to use Paragon's spyware to counter “foreign terrorist organizations’ thriving exploitation of encrypted communication platforms.”
ICE's acting director Todd Lyons said the agency will “comply with constitutional requirements,” without specifying what those are.
It's unclear if the agency’s criminal investigative unit Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has already used the spyware.
http://techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/ice-says-it-bought-paragons-spyware-to-use-in-drug-trafficking-cases/
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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2026-04-02 15:43:30 UTC
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