Trump administration DHS unleashes ICE use of sophisticated hacking and spyware software Graphite from company Paragon Solutions. Graphite can hack into any phone and can not only track an individual’s whereabouts, read their messages, look at their photographs, but also open and read information held on encrypted applications, like WhatsApp or Signal.
This software has been used in the past to target innocent people, including individuals who have been perceived to be government enemies including in Italy where 90 people, including journalists and members of civil society were surveilled with the software. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/trump-immigration-ice-israeli-spyware #Spyware #Graphite #Paragon #DHS #ICE #PhoneHack #Surveillance #Privacy #EncryptedApps #Encryption #Immigration #Signal #WhatsApp