{"id":58926,"date":"2023-07-18T11:27:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T18:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=58926"},"modified":"2023-07-18T11:27:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T18:27:47","slug":"commerce-adds-four-entities-to-entity-list-for-trafficking-in-cyber-exploits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=58926","title":{"rendered":"Commerce Adds Four Entities to Entity List for Trafficking in Cyber Exploits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong> \u2013 Today, the Commerce Department\u2019s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added four entities, Intellexa S.A. in Greece, Cytrox Holdings Crt in Hungary, Intellexa Limited in Ireland, and Cytrox AD in North Macedonia to the Entity List for trafficking in cyber exploits used to gain access to information systems, threatening the privacy and security of individuals and organizations worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing the increasingly key role that surveillance technology plays in enabling campaigns of repression and other human rights abuses, the Commerce Department\u2019s action today targets these entities\u2019 ability to access commodities, software, and technology that could contribute to the development of surveillance tools that pose a risk of misuse in violations or abuses of human rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis rule reaffirms the protection of human rights worldwide as a fundamental U.S. foreign policy interest,\u201d said Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves. \u201cThe Entity List remains a powerful tool in our arsenal to prevent bad actors around the world from using American technology to reach their nefarious goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain laser focused on stemming the proliferation of digital tools for repression,\u201d said Bureau of Industry and Security Under Secretary Alan Estevez. \u201cConsidering the impact of surveillance tools and other technologies on international human rights, I am pleased to announce these additions to our Entity List.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proliferation and misuse of such commercial surveillance tools, including commercial spyware, pose distinct and growing security risks to the United States, facilitate repression, and enable human rights abuses. Today\u2019s Entity List additions build on the Commerce Department\u2019s prior actions against commercial spyware companies in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. Government\u2019s commitment to the Code of Conduct for Enhancing Export Controls of Goods and Technology That Could be Misused and Lead to Serious Violations or Abuses of Human Rights as announced during the second Summit for Democracy in March 2023, remains a top priority for BIS,\u201d said Assistant Secretary for Export Administration Thea D. Rozman Kendler. \u201cWe will continue to leverage U.S. regulatory tools to control the export of dual-use goods or technologies to end users who seek to misuse them for the purposes of serious violations or abuses of human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s action reflects the values highlighted in the President\u2019s Executive Order on Prohibition on Use by the United States Government of Commercial Spyware that Poses Risks to National Security, as well as the Joint Statement on Efforts to Counter the Proliferation and Misuse of Commercial Spyware, joined by 10 countries and the United States, which demonstrate the U.S. Government\u2019s commitment to the development of an international technology ecosystem that, among other things, protects security, privacy, and human rights.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Entity List actions build on a number of recent BIS regulations to advance human rights, including:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 An amendment to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to confirm that the foreign policy interest of protecting human rights worldwide is a basis for addition to the Entity List.<\/p>\n<p>An amendment to the EAR implementing controls on cybersecurity items that could be used for surveillance, espionage, or other actions that disrupt, deny, or degrade a network or devices on a network.<\/p>\n<p>An amendment to EAR licensing policies enabling BIS to review exports of nearly all items subject to the EAR to ensure such items will not be used specifically to violate or abuse human rights.<\/p>\n<p>More information on BIS\u2019s actions to promote human rights and democracy are available online here: https:\/\/www.bis.doc.gov\/index.php\/policy-guidance\/promoting-human-rights-anddemocracy and FAQs on BIS\u2019s human rights activities are available here: https:\/\/www.bis.doc.gov\/index.php\/documents\/pdfs\/3239-2023-bis-human-rights-faqs\/file.<\/p>\n<p>The text of the rule that was released today includes the full list of entities and is available on the Federal Register\u2019s website here: [link]. 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