The US Commerce Department has blacklisted Israeli firms NSO Group and Candiru, accusing the companies of providing spyware to foreign governments to maliciously target journalists, embassy workers and activists.
Commerce officials on Wednesday added the Israeli firms to its so-called "entity list," effectively banning the companies from buying software components from US vendors without a license.
NSO Group slammed the announcement saying it was shocked by the decision given that its technologies support US national security interests and policies by preventing terrorism and crime.
It says it will advocate for the decision to be reversed.
Also added to the list were Russian firm Positive Technologies and Singaporean firm Computer Security Initiative Consultancy.
The Commerce Department accused these two firms of trafficking in cyber tools used to gain unauthorised access to information systems.
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