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Commercial spyware was the \u201ccatalyst\u201d for the process, said Elina Castillo Jimen\u00e9z, who leads advocacy for Amnesty Tech\u2019s Security Lab. But the process seeks to address a broader marketplace of what it calls \u201ccommercial cyber intrusion capabilities,\u201d which could include, say, the phone-cracking services of a company like Cellebrite.<\/p>\n<p>Evan Dornbush, a former National Security Agency computer network operator who has worked as an exploit broker in the private sector, said he was \u201coptimistic\u201d about the Pall Mall Process bringing the sector in as a partner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey definitely don\u2019t want to return to an era where the vulnerability research community is demonized and ostracized,\u201d Dornbush said, adding that the process acknowledges \u201cthere\u2019s a strategic advantage to conducting offensive cyber, and they need to partner with the private sector to achieve those objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s helpful to someone who might sell a bug or exploit to a government to know that an enlistee to the code is unlikely to abuse it by going after dissidents or journalists, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The most prominent spyware vendor, NSO Group, also participated in the process by attending virtual meetings, supplying recommendations and more, said a spokesman, Gil Lanier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur input was clearly valuable, as demonstrated by the incorporation of our Recommendations and other inputs into the report, which directly reflects the compliance practices we have developed and advocated,\u201d he said in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n<p>Reviews of the final document, though, are mixed. Castillo Jimen\u00e9z said it has \u201cpositive elements,\u201d but \u201cthere were some levels of disappointment\u201d in the final text on the level of support it would offer to victims, its focus on human rights and other language.<\/p>\n<p>Civil society groups have been skeptical of the process because it\u2019s voluntary, said Natalia Krapiva, senior tech-legal counsel at Access Now. On the other hand, \u201cit\u2019s really the only sort of multilateral effort that we have,\u201d she said, adding that at minimum, the format offers a platform to educate countries on the risks of spyware.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One key will be how nations implement the code, said Jen Ellis, founder of NextJenSecurity. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am glad to see that there is a sort of acknowledgement of how these tools can be abused and are being abused, particularly as you look at the sort of humanitarian angle,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat will the Pall Mall Process do that goes beyond that, or changes that calculus? And I think there\u2019s still a question mark over that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ellis also said there was a fear that the code could create \u201ca greater margin between those who behave responsibly and those who don\u2019t.\u201d She said that since last week, another country, Romania, has signed the code.<\/p>\n<p>Katharina Sommer, head of public affairs at the cybersecurity consultancy NCC Group, said the code was a \u201chuge step in the right direction,\u201d but there were some notable absences among the list of supporting nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenge is reaching beyond the \u2018usual suspects,\u2019 and encouraging the active participation of those \u2018middle ground\u2019 states (and other stakeholders) who might not naturally be considered \u2018definitively responsible actors,\u2019\u201d she said in emailed remarks. \u201cWidening the number and the kind of states that sign up to the Code will be crucial over the next months (as will be watching what happens in those Five Eyes countries that have forthcoming elections).<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt should also be noted (and in fact will not have gone unnoticed) that the United States have not signed up to the Code, a potential further indication of the fragmentation of the world order as we knew it, and of the US withdrawal from multilateral initiatives, to act in national interest,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Sources confirmed to CyberScoop <a href=\"https:\/\/therecord.media\/pall-mall-process-commercial-spyware-hacking-paris-diplomacy\">an account<\/a> in The Record that JD Work \u2014 the director of cyber countering and enablement at the National Security Council \u2014 said at a workshop at the event last week that the United States would use lethal force against malicious cyber actors in the commercial space, raising eyebrows from participants. At least one participant took him to <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/k8em0.bsky.social\/post\/3lmfubszpns2f\">mean it literally<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An NSC spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment on why the United States hadn\u2019t signed the document, or to clarify the meaning of Work\u2019s comments. 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