In the midst of a variety of rocky disagreements between the US and Israel, the US State Department on Tuesday formally sanctioned an ex-Israeli intelligence officer and current cyber spyware CEO and related entities.
Although in 2021, the US Commerce Department issued a wide black list of Israeli cyber offense firms from doing business in the US, that list did not prevent travel to America and would not result in sanctions against companies and countries globally doing business with those firms outside of the US.
In July 2023, Intellexa was added to that initial blacklist of Israeli spyware entities.