US puts NSO Group on trade blacklist

Re:US puts NSO Group on trade blacklist by tgsovlerkhgsel on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:04PM (#29100239)

Exactly. Which means that it's intentional to leave this relatively meaningless, more posturing and a slap on the wrist instead of an actual punishment for the people involved.

If they really wanted to stop this kind of activity, they'd sanction the individuals involved. This would deter others from forming a successor - would you accept an extremely well paid job if there was a risk that the US will put you on its official international shitlist for that?

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Re:US puts NSO Group on trade blacklist by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @05:38PM (#29100651)

> it's intentional to leave this relatively meaningless

That's not how the Entity or SDN lists work. Every individual ever employed by NSO Group is going to start having difficulties with their bank and securities accounts starting today. Affiliation with a blacklisted entity moves you from "person who does not generate hits on OFAC" to "person who does." For many institutions, that's a dealbreaker.

You can't get around a blacklist by shutting down shop and re-starting under a new name. These are old, battle-hardened tools originally designed to go after state actors. The loopholes have been thoroughly explored.

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