The US has blacklisted American companies from working with NSO Group, saying they engage in "malicious cyber activities".

The US has blacklisted American companies from working with NSO Group, saying they engage in "malicious cyber activities".
The US sanctioned four companies that sell spyware/hacking tools: NSO Group, Candiru, Positive Technologies, and Computer Security Initiative Consultancy. The US said these tools were abused by foreign governments to conduct trans-national repression of dissidents, journalists, and activists outside of those governments' sovereign borders. Link