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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 02/03/2026

Curious. Former head of the Dutch Intelligence Service. Rob Bertholee, joined Dataflow Security on the advisory board.

Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 11/02/2026

The general counsel uploaded a picture on Linkedin showing the web panel of Paragon's spyware. The panel shows a phone number in Czechia, Apps, Accounts, media on the phone, the interception status and numbers extracted from social media applications.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 04/12/2025

Great reporting by @lorenzofb.bsky.social who got Memento Lab's CEO, Paolo Lezzi, to admit they also use Teamviewer(??) to login to remote customer systems if they are asked to help with technical problems. Bizarre. techcrunch.com/2025/12/04/s...

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 04/12/2025

Support staff from Intellexa can even see which stage the infection process went through. In this case stage 2 and stage 3.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 04/12/2025

The video in question reveals "EAGLE_2" as customer which seems to be an customer located in Kazakhstan, a country we previously identified to be a customer of Intellexa. But this evidence confirms civil society's work over the years of correctly identifying customers.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 04/12/2025

🚨 - New report by Haaretz, Inside Story, Inside-IT and Amnesty International release the Intellexa Leaks. Which exposes Intellexa support staff had access through Teamviewer to customer deployments and confirms found IOC's in the past by civil society. 🧵👇

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 20/10/2025

The Netherlands is slipping on the democracy index and thats worrisome.

Dutch Bar Association: the vast majority of parties have plans that conflict with the rule of law
Twelve of the fifteen parties in the House of Representatives have plans that go against the rule of law. The Dutch Bar Association (NOvA) concludes this after examining the election manifestos. The PVV and Forum for Democracy (FVD) take the cake. In at least 30 cases, plans by these parties are unlawful, says an independent committee of the professional organization for lawyers.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 18/10/2025

It's been quite a number of years since we've seen how the Pegasus client panel looks. Document from the WhatsApp lawsuit. (p15 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...)

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 01/10/2025

Utimaco's 'lawful interception" division (that makes the LIMS software we just covered in our Shadows of Control report) got acquired by Invision AG and PINOVA. www.invision.ch/en/invision-...

Invision AG and PINOVA acquire Utimaco’s Lawful Interception Business

The transaction represents a carve-out of Utimaco Telecom Solutions (UTS), a business unit of the Utimaco Group.

Stefan Auerbach, CEO of Utimaco, shared:
“UTS has been an important and valuable part of Utimaco’s development for many years. We believe separating the business units and allowing each to focus fully on their core competencies is the right step to optimally position both companies for the future. With INVISION and PINOVA, two new owners have been found who understand and want to expand the value and potential of the Utimaco TS business. We are confident in the success of the new company and will remain connected to our former colleagues as partners in ongoing and new projects.”

🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eHZxf9Ey

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 29/09/2025

The Pakistani PTA just reacted to our reporting on the firewall (WMS 2.0). Which they denied is true, but at the same time they're admitting using it as a surveillance tool: www.arabnews.pk/node/2616727...

The government has denied it is using an Internet firewall to censor critics, while official said it would be used to protect government networks from attacks and to allow authorities to identify IP addresses associated with “anti-state propaganda.”

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 24/07/2025

Oh no! Not the export approval needed to export dual-use technologies!

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 23/05/2025

Exciting times ahead of Chinese commercial trade platforms mamking belt and road data available.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 21/05/2025

From the @washingtonpost.com that confirms earlier reporting by Omer Benjakob from Haaretz that spyware firms can't seem to get off the U.S entity list or get sanctions removed. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 11/05/2025

"Airlines Are Collecting Your Data And Selling It To ICE" archive.ph/Udgfw

In a statement to The Lever, a spokesperson for the company said that the Travel Intelligence Program “was established after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to provide certain data to law enforcement… for the purpose of national security matters” and criminal investigations.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 02/05/2025

I just got a FOIA result back that indicated the Dutch MoD's Operational Support Command Land was interested in acquiring two WiSpear(#Intellexa) WiFi interception devices in 2017. Ultimately, the deal didn't go through. No spyware was to be included.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 16/04/2025

the documentcloud linked in the article gives me an error.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 16/04/2025

Big loss for NSO having to admit in court Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan were clients.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 10/04/2025

39 attacks against targets in the Netherlands using the Whatsapp vector to plant Pegasus on smartphone. Ultimately compromised 11 victims. (court document: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...)

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 16/03/2025

If you're in Luxembourg.. then come to Festival Des Migrations in Kirchberg, we'll talk spyware at 5pm today. festivaldesmigrations.lu/dimanche-fes...

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 14/03/2025

tfw when you got evidence for what you've been chasing for close to a year.

It's homer simpson from the simpsons laying in a bed while smiling and peacefully sleeping.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 14/02/2025

I'll be at Festival des migrations in Luxembourg on 15/16th of March. Naturally, speaking about spyware and Luxembourg's role in it. festivaldesmigrations.lu/dimanche-fes...

17h00 Round-table – Spyware vs. Privacy: Can Human Rights Survive the Digital Battlefield? proposée par Amnesty Luxembourg et le Comité pour une Paix Juste

au Proche-Orient (salle 1)

Avec Jurre van Bergen (Amnesty International Security Lab), Sophie in ‘t Veld (former Member of the European Parliament)

In this conference, two speakers will introduce us to Spyware and its impact on human rights. Firstly, Jurre van Bergen, a leading specialist from the Amnesty International Security Lab will present his recent research findings on how the spyware industry has been evolving since the 2021 exposes and will discuss the ‘human rights’ implications for our personal privacy and preservation of basic democratic values. Secondly, Sophie in ‘t Veld, a former Member of the European Parliament, who was the rapporteur of the European Parliament inquiry committee into the abuse of spyware (PEGA), will discuss how European countries have dealt with the issue and what is expected of Luxembourg.

In English with French translation

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 11/02/2025

With immediate effect, Free Press Unlimited is looking for freelance trainers, coaches or consultants to share knowledge and partner with a recent established Sudanese media institute. www.freepressunlimited.org/en/jobs/trai... #jobs #ngojobs

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 30/01/2025

New NSO Group mission statement dropped! It's "ethical" now!

Vision: Leading cyber-intelligence technology for a safer society.

mission statement: To develop innovative, ethical cyber-intelligence technologies that empower government agencies to prevent and investigate terror and crime.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 20/01/2025

Can't wait to read Eva Dou's book on Huawei.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 03/01/2025

Rules for thee, but not for rich felons. www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFs/p...

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 23/12/2024

We'll see more and more n-days being abused in the future by spyware makers and forensic software. N-days is all you need for the majority of cases, you don't usually need shortlived 0day.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 18/12/2024

As we're wrapping up 2024 at the Security Lab, I thought it would be useful to summarize our research/peer-review of the past year. Follow a long in this thread! 🧵👇

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 10/12/2024

NSO Group would like to wish you a happy 76th birthday of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Maybe some day NSO Group will come clean on their own human rights violations! It's the human rights organisations that are wrong about this of course ;-)

NSO Group on Linkedin says:

"Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person."
(UDHR, Article 3)

"No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with their privacy, family, home, or correspondence, nor to attacks upon their honour and reputation."
(UDHR, Article 12)

Today, we commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a cornerstone of global efforts to uphold dignity, equality, and justice for all.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 03/12/2024

MFW you see a failed south Korean coup

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 26/11/2024

Wat een geweldige kans om te onderzoeken om welk "anoniem" bedrijf dit gaat! #AccountabilityFirst

Terwijl het Rijk via het ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid zelf zaken doet met het Israëlisch defensiebedrijf dat wegens mensenrechtenschendingen in opspraak is, legt het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken een andere, Nederlandse fabrikant van tapvoorzieningen een verkoopverbod op. Dat bedrijf mag geen onderdeel van een telecomnetwerk leveren aan de Egyptische overheid, omdat dat in strijd zou zijn met Europese handelsregels in verband met de risico’s van mensenrechtenschendingen.
Het bedrijf kreeg vorige maand schriftelijk een definitief verbod om aan Egypte te leveren. Minister Klever voor Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingshulp schreef het bedrijf: „Ik ben mij ervan bewust dat deze afwijzing voor aanvrager economisch en financieel nadelige gevolgen kan hebben. Deze wegen echter niet op tegen het belang dat Nederland zich houdt aan de volkenrechtelijke verplichtingen aangegaan in het belang van de internationale vrede en veiligheid.”
De directeur van het bedrijf, die niet met zijn naam of bedrijfsnaam in de publiciteit wil, noemt het „hypocriet” dat Nederland en de EU zelf miljarden in Egyptische veiligheidsorganisaties investeren om vluchtelingen naar Europa tegen te houden, maar tegelijkertijd hem verbieden om „technologie die de nationale veiligheid en stabiliteit van een land bevordert” te leveren.

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Jurre van Bergen @jurrevanbergen.nl · 11/11/2024

See you at #38c3! Or, you can stream from your couch!

a screenshot of pretalx from the ccc saying that state of surveillance: a year of digital threats to civil society was accepted for 38c3.

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