Group of Bipartisan Lawmakers Ask US Government to Ban Several Hack-for-Hire Firms

In 2020, the Citizen Lab uncovered a massive hack-for-hire operation called Dark Basin. The group targeted American nonprofits, including organizations working on #ExxonKnew and organizations working on net neutrality advocacy. We linked the operation to an Indian company called BellTroX InfoTech Services, and related entities. On September 9, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, urging him to add three Indian companies, including BellT...