#Bulgaria’s export control authority licensed Circles BG, a Sofia-based surveillance technology company and affiliate of the #NSO Group, to sell interception systems, mobile-tracking tools and #surveillance infrastructure to intelligence agencies in Azerbaijan, Serbia, Malaysia and Mexico. #spyware

https://www.politico.eu/article/bulgaria-surveillance-exports-spy-agencies-leaked-licenses-circles-bg/

Bulgaria approved surveillance exports to foreign spy agencies, leaked licenses show

The licenses offer the clearest picture yet of the international reach of Circles BG, a sister company of Israeli-based NSO Group.

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One of Circles' founders, Tal Dilian, was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2024 for his role at another company, in which he allegedly developed spyware used to target journalists, policy experts and government officials.