NEW: @USTreasury just de-sanctioned 3 foreign mercenary spyware execs. Puzzling. Just 2 years ago Predator spyware was pointed at🇺🇸American congresspeople @RepMcCaul & @SenJohnHoeven. And recent research suggests Predator is still active around the globe. 1/

3/ Ultimately Intellexa flew very close to the sun. Their CEO Tal Dilian regularly boasted of their activities. And then? Just last year they got sanctioned for their pattern of conduct. Comprehensively. Including key reported enablers of their activities like Sarah Hamou...

4/ Despite the sanctions Intellexa & the Predator ecosystem remained active. Indeed, as recently as this month new Predator spyware abuses & activity surfaced. Some might interpret this as scoffing at the US. By @omerbenj @e_triantafillou & Lorenz Naegeli

5/Today some of Intellexa's key ppl were delisted by @USTreasury. Natural question: did delisted individuals fully step away from sanctioned activities? When? What are their economic activities now? Especially relevant given recent reports suggesting covert sanctions evasion by Intellexa/ Predator ecosystem.

6/ Some in the mercenary spyware ecosystem are probably reading today's Intellexa exec desliting as: "scoff at US, help hack Americans & you can still skirt consequences with the right lobbying"

8/ UPDATE: @USTreasury has a statement to @razhael. Given Intellexa's history of shell companies, jurisdiction-hopping & subterfuge... I'm very curious how Treasury can be sure that these individuals have zero connections to spyware activities today. Especially given what I think is their obvious misalignment with US interests & national security & incentive to mislead the US.