Predator spyware vendor banned in US

**Executive summary:** The US Treasury sanctioned the Intellexa Consortium and its Predator spyware—capable of zero-click infections, remote microphone/camera activation, file exfiltration, and location tracking—after use against Americans (including officials and journalists); the report also references related US Commerce Entity List actions against Cytrox and situates the sanctions in broader concerns about commercial spyware misuse.