America has sanctioned the former Israeli official and his spy company

The US Treasury Department announced on Tuesday local time that it has charged two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa consortium for their role in the development, operation and distribution of spyware technology. Commercial to target Americans, including government officials, journalists and political pundits.

The Treasury Department identified one of these individuals as Tel Dilian, a retired Israeli intelligence officer who founded and owns Intellexa.

Tel Dilian started the company in Israel, but later moved abroad and continued to operate in Cyprus and Greece.

According to analysts, in addition to operating as a company, Intellexa cooperates with other spy software companies under a consortium model and has invested in this field.

The US Department of Treasury announced in its statement: When a device is infected with spyware, the spyware can be used for various types of information theft and surveillance activities, including unauthorized data extraction, geolocation tracking, and access to used various programs and personal information.