4 More EU Nations Join US-Led Initiative to Counter Spyware

Austria, Estonia, Lithuania and the Netherlands Join the Coalition Formed in March Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • September 23, 2024

Four more European Union nations have joined a United States government-led initiative lanched in March to tackle spyware misuse globally. The move came amid growing criticisms of the European Commission's failure to curb the EU's prolific spyware market.

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Austria, Estonia, Lithuania and the Netherlands are the latest EU nations to join the Biden administration's coalition to prevent the proliferation of spyware, the U.S. Department of State said on Sunday.

Signatory countries are encouraged to take several steps to curb spyware abuses including affirming their commitments to expansive information-sharing programs on commercial spyware and preventing the export of software and technologies that could be used for malicious cyber activities (see: US Expands Global Coalition on Commercial Spyware Misuse).

With Sunday's ...