Israeli spyware firms are fueling the global surveillance stateThe Grayzone, Aug 01, 2025, By ¡Do Not Panic! And in a perverse twist, this spyware technology – technology which now underpins the insidious and growing capabilities of the modern surveillance state – will most likely have been made in Israel by Israeli spies. The scale of usage, and the range of capabilities provided by this Israeli spy tech, is vast. Scandals involving Israeli spyware companies have been well documented by mainstream media, the most famous of which was the NSO Group affair. In 2023, the Biden administration again blacklisted two Israeli spyware companies with little fanfare, and once again without taking action against Israel.