Jurre van Bergen
@jurrevanbergen.nl
Technologist at Amnesty's Security Lab. Here's how to contact me securely: https://gist.github.com/DrWhax/61978d4e7df5291d4cf308f10dc20d5a
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Microsoft is handing over Bitlocker keys to law enforcement. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw
The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.
www.forbes.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Microsoft is handing over Bitlocker keys to law enforcement. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"Spain’s highest criminal court has again shelved its investigation into the use of Pegasus software to target the mobile phones of senior Spanish ministers, including the prime minister, citing a chronic lack of cooperation from the Israeli authorities."
"Spain’s highest criminal court has again shelved its investigation into the use of Pegasus software to target the mobile phones of senior Spanish ministers, including the prime minister, citing a chronic lack of cooperation from the Israeli authorities."
Spanish court points finger at Israel as it drops Pegasus spyware case again
Judge shelves inquiry into use of Israeli-made software to target ministers’ phones citing chronic lack of cooperation
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:11 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"Spain’s highest criminal court has again shelved its investigation into the use of Pegasus software to target the mobile phones of senior Spanish ministers, including the prime minister, citing a chronic lack of cooperation from the Israeli authorities."
"Spain’s highest criminal court has again shelved its investigation into the use of Pegasus software to target the mobile phones of senior Spanish ministers, including the prime minister, citing a chronic lack of cooperation from the Israeli authorities."
Goes to Palantir
🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered.
https://foreignfundinghighered.gov
Action taken by the Department of Education (OCIO) at or around 2025-11-25 06:13:23.
https://foreignfundinghighered.gov
Action taken by the Department of Education (OCIO) at or around 2025-11-25 06:13:23.
foreignfundinghighered.gov
Federal US website registered. Content may not be visible yet.
foreignfundinghighered.gov
January 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Goes to Palantir
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we all knew all along.
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/d66...
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/d66...
January 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
we all knew all along.
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/d66...
www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/d66...
It's only going to get worse isn't it?
January 7, 2026 at 11:02 PM
It's only going to get worse isn't it?
Treasury said in an email that the removal "was done as part of the normal administrative process in response to a petition request for reconsideration." It added that each of the individuals had "demonstrated measures to separate themselves from the Intellexa Consortium."
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New: Trump administration removes three spyware-linked executives from sanctions list
www.reuters.com/business/tru...
www.reuters.com/business/tru...
Trump administration removes three spyware-linked executives from sanctions list
President Donald Trump's administration has lifted sanctions on three executives tied to the spy software consortium Intellexa, according to a notice published to the U.S. Treasury's website.
www.reuters.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Treasury said in an email that the removal "was done as part of the normal administrative process in response to a petition request for reconsideration." It added that each of the individuals had "demonstrated measures to separate themselves from the Intellexa Consortium."
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Gambazzi, Hamou and Harpaz, who previously were sanctioned in relation to Intellexa. Got removed from sanctions today.
ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
Non Proliferation and Iran-related Designations; Cyber-related and Russia-related Designations Removals | Office of Foreign Assets Control
ofac.treasury.gov
December 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Gambazzi, Hamou and Harpaz, who previously were sanctioned in relation to Intellexa. Got removed from sanctions today.
ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...
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Previously unknown instructions & settings sheets for the SG-41 have been discovered in Czech archives! Thanks to Eugen Antal, Carola Dahlke & Robert Jahn who published them in Cryptologia.
I've been working to bring these into Virtual SG-41
@tnmoc.bsky.social @cryptomuseum.bsky.social
I've been working to bring these into Virtual SG-41
@tnmoc.bsky.social @cryptomuseum.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Previously unknown instructions & settings sheets for the SG-41 have been discovered in Czech archives! Thanks to Eugen Antal, Carola Dahlke & Robert Jahn who published them in Cryptologia.
I've been working to bring these into Virtual SG-41
@tnmoc.bsky.social @cryptomuseum.bsky.social
I've been working to bring these into Virtual SG-41
@tnmoc.bsky.social @cryptomuseum.bsky.social
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The Pope involves himself in Italy's spy scandal and asks intel officials to respect people's privacy and not leak data and smear people with hacked data
www.reuters.com/world/pope-t...
www.reuters.com/world/pope-t...
Pope tells Italian spies not to smear politicians or journalists
Pope Leo on Friday urged Italy's intelligence services to avoid smearing public figures and journalists, saying abuse of confidential material risked undermining democracy and public trust.
www.reuters.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The Pope involves himself in Italy's spy scandal and asks intel officials to respect people's privacy and not leak data and smear people with hacked data
www.reuters.com/world/pope-t...
www.reuters.com/world/pope-t...
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Found two Edge Group brochures for their IMSI-Catcher products that I haven't seen publicly before: github.com/DrWhax/edgeg...
GitHub - DrWhax/edgegroup: imsi-catchers
imsi-catchers. Contribute to DrWhax/edgegroup development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Found two Edge Group brochures for their IMSI-Catcher products that I haven't seen publicly before: github.com/DrWhax/edgeg...
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In 2021, the FTC issued a ban on stalkerware-maker Spyfone and its CEO, Scott Zuckerman. Earlier this year, Zuckerman requested that the ban be vacated because it's inconvenient for him. The FTC has voted 2-0 to deny his request. Good. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
FTC Denies Petition from SpyFone App CEO to Vacate 2021 Order
The Federal Trade Commission has denied a petition from Scott Z
www.ftc.gov
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In 2021, the FTC issued a ban on stalkerware-maker Spyfone and its CEO, Scott Zuckerman. Earlier this year, Zuckerman requested that the ban be vacated because it's inconvenient for him. The FTC has voted 2-0 to deny his request. Good. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
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It was one of a trio of reports about the spyware vendor over the course of a day, with additional evidence about further infections among the findings. via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/intellexa-re...
Intellexa remotely accessed Predator spyware customer systems, investigation finds
It was one of a trio of reports about the spyware vendor over the course of a day, with additional evidence about further infections among the findings.
cyberscoop.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It was one of a trio of reports about the spyware vendor over the course of a day, with additional evidence about further infections among the findings. via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/intellexa-re...
Interesting artefact in the uploaded JSKit code used by Intellexa from Google's Threat Intelligence Group.
"//TODO: va bene solo per ios 15 perchè l'exploit è uguale per tutte le version 15.0.x infatti se inferiore a 15.1 restituisce sempre 15.0" - some italian....
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
"//TODO: va bene solo per ios 15 perchè l'exploit è uguale per tutte le version 15.0.x infatti se inferiore a 15.1 restituisce sempre 15.0" - some italian....
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
Intellexa’s Prolific Zero-Day Exploits Continue | Google Cloud Blog
Commercial surveillance vendor Intellexa continues to thrive and exploit mobile zero-day vulnerabilities.
cloud.google.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Interesting artefact in the uploaded JSKit code used by Intellexa from Google's Threat Intelligence Group.
"//TODO: va bene solo per ios 15 perchè l'exploit è uguale per tutte le version 15.0.x infatti se inferiore a 15.1 restituisce sempre 15.0" - some italian....
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
"//TODO: va bene solo per ios 15 perchè l'exploit è uguale per tutte le version 15.0.x infatti se inferiore a 15.1 restituisce sempre 15.0" - some italian....
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
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Insikt Group researchers found new evidence of Predator's continued deployment in Iraq and Pakistan. New shell companies and other interconnected firms also discovered and suggest "expanding network footprint."
therecord.media/intellexa-pr...
therecord.media/intellexa-pr...
Researchers find Predator spyware is being used in several countries, including Iraq
Researchers also found indicators “likely associated” with the use of Predator spyware by an entity tied to Pakistan.
therecord.media
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Insikt Group researchers found new evidence of Predator's continued deployment in Iraq and Pakistan. New shell companies and other interconnected firms also discovered and suggest "expanding network footprint."
therecord.media/intellexa-pr...
therecord.media/intellexa-pr...
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...
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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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NEW: Staffers at notorious spyware maker Intellexa had live remote access to their customers' surveillance systems.
This allowed them to see the personal data of targets hacked with Intellexa's spyware Predator, according to research based on a leaked training video.
Needless to say, this is bad.
This allowed them to see the personal data of targets hacked with Intellexa's spyware Predator, according to research based on a leaked training video.
Needless to say, this is bad.
Sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa had direct access to government espionage victims, researchers say | TechCrunch
Based on a leaked video, security researchers alleged that Intellexa staffers have remote live access to their customers' surveillance systems, allowing them to see hacking targets’ personal data.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
NEW: Staffers at notorious spyware maker Intellexa had live remote access to their customers' surveillance systems.
This allowed them to see the personal data of targets hacked with Intellexa's spyware Predator, according to research based on a leaked training video.
Needless to say, this is bad.
This allowed them to see the personal data of targets hacked with Intellexa's spyware Predator, according to research based on a leaked training video.
Needless to say, this is bad.
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🔥 The #IntellexaLeaks
⚠ Νέα διεθνής έρευνα του @insidestory.gr σε συνεργασία με την @haaretzcom.bsky.social, WAV Research Collective και την τεχνική συνδρομή του Εργαστηρίου Ασφαλείας της @amnesty.org προχωρά σήμερα σε σημαντικές αποκαλύψεις: insidestory.gr/article/inte...
⚠ Νέα διεθνής έρευνα του @insidestory.gr σε συνεργασία με την @haaretzcom.bsky.social, WAV Research Collective και την τεχνική συνδρομή του Εργαστηρίου Ασφαλείας της @amnesty.org προχωρά σήμερα σε σημαντικές αποκαλύψεις: insidestory.gr/article/inte...
December 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🔥 The #IntellexaLeaks
⚠ Νέα διεθνής έρευνα του @insidestory.gr σε συνεργασία με την @haaretzcom.bsky.social, WAV Research Collective και την τεχνική συνδρομή του Εργαστηρίου Ασφαλείας της @amnesty.org προχωρά σήμερα σε σημαντικές αποκαλύψεις: insidestory.gr/article/inte...
⚠ Νέα διεθνής έρευνα του @insidestory.gr σε συνεργασία με την @haaretzcom.bsky.social, WAV Research Collective και την τεχνική συνδρομή του Εργαστηρίου Ασφαλείας της @amnesty.org προχωρά σήμερα σε σημαντικές αποκαλύψεις: insidestory.gr/article/inte...
A special thanks to the courageous sources who stepped forward and made #IntellexaLeaks possible. This wouldn't have been possible without them.
a man in a suit and tie is giving a thank you sign .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is giving a thank you sign .
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A special thanks to the courageous sources who stepped forward and made #IntellexaLeaks possible. This wouldn't have been possible without them.
Happy holidays Intellexa, xoxo.
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Happy holidays Intellexa, xoxo.
🚨 - 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. 🧵👇
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🚨 - 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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1/ Today we release a new report exposing previously undisclosed entities connected to the wider #Intellexa ecosystem as well as newly identified activity clusters in Iraq and indications of activity in Pakistan: www.recordedfuture.com/research/int...
Intellexa’s Global Corporate Web
www.recordedfuture.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
1/ Today we release a new report exposing previously undisclosed entities connected to the wider #Intellexa ecosystem as well as newly identified activity clusters in Iraq and indications of activity in Pakistan: www.recordedfuture.com/research/int...
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🚨NEW🚨 At the southern border, officers use Cellebrite forensic devices to access iPhones of immigration crime suspects.
Except they don't always get the data CBP wants. So CBP orders Apple to provide it instead.
A CBP playbook on border surveillance.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
Except they don't always get the data CBP wants. So CBP orders Apple to provide it instead.
A CBP playbook on border surveillance.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
Border Patrol’s Digital Playbook: Hack iPhones, Raid iCloud Accounts
A CBP search warrant shows how it relies on data raids on iClouds when its forensics tools can't get enough information from iPhones.
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
🚨NEW🚨 At the southern border, officers use Cellebrite forensic devices to access iPhones of immigration crime suspects.
Except they don't always get the data CBP wants. So CBP orders Apple to provide it instead.
A CBP playbook on border surveillance.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
Except they don't always get the data CBP wants. So CBP orders Apple to provide it instead.
A CBP playbook on border surveillance.
www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...
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New report by 🇫🇷France's National Cyber Security Agency (@anssi-fr.bsky.social) on the threat landscape for mobile phones since 2015.
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www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/CERT...
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www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/CERT...
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
New report by 🇫🇷France's National Cyber Security Agency (@anssi-fr.bsky.social) on the threat landscape for mobile phones since 2015.
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www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/CERT...
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www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/CERT...