The Treasury Department on Monday announced new sanctions against five individuals and one entity associated with the Intellexa Consortium, a holding company behind the highly intrusive spyware known as Predator.

The Biden-Harris administration sanctioned Intellexa last year and in March, but said Monday more action was needed to penetrate the consortium’s “opaque web of corporate entities, which are designed to avoid accountability.”

Predator spyware lets customers hack victims’ smartphone almost invisibly and access sensitive data — including their exact location, photos, and personal messages.

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