An Irish company is among four organisations the US Department of Commerce has added to a list of restricted entities linked by Washington to “activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States” because they distribute spyware. Dublin-registered Intellexa Ltd is one of the companies added to the Entity List on Tuesday “for trafficking in cyber exploits used to gain access to information systems, threatening the privacy and security of individuals and organizations worldwide,” according to the Bureau of Industry and Security, a federal office of the US Department of Commerce. The Entity List imposes…

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