The FBI finally decided not to employ Pegasus in criminal investigations by July 2021. That same month, The Washington Post released an article alleging that the malware was used to infiltrate the phones of two women close to slain Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. A few months later, the US put Pegasus founder NSO Group on the Commerce Department’s entity list, barring US corporations from doing business with the company. Despite its decision not to employ Pegasus, the FBI has said that it is open to the use of spyware in the future.
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