Israeli spyware linked to Ontario police

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Israeli spyware may have been used by Ontario police, report alleges | Globalnews.ca

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Citizen Lab report finds 'possible links' between spyware and Ontario Provincial Police .

Researchers traced the IP address of a Canadian -based customer of Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions to the OPP ’s general headquarters in Toronto .

Paragon sells the military-grade spyware program “ Graphite ” to government clients for national security purposes.

The tool has been found on the phones of journalists, activists and other civil society members in countries around the world.

An RCMP spokesperson confirmed police still deploys spyware, which it refers to as “on-device investigative tools’ (ODITs) Canada , along with nine other allied nations, backed former U.S. president Joe Biden ’s push in 2023 to counter misuse of commercial spyware and impose international controls.

No Canadian legislation has been introduced to address or regulate spyware use.

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