Does this kill NSO? It seems like they might be too big and interconnected to be able to reasonably survive this.
> NSO and a smaller Tel Aviv-based company, Candiru, were among four companies added by the US commerce department on Wednesday to its so-called entity list, which would restrict exports of US technology to the companies.
From https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2021/11/commerc...
> The Entity List is a tool utilized by BIS to restrict the export, reexport, and in-country transfer of items subject to the EAR to persons (individuals, organizations, companies) reasonably believed to be involved, have been involved, or pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved, in activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States. For the four entities added to the Entity List in this final rule, BIS imposes a license requirement that applies to all items subject to the EAR. In addition, no license exceptions are available for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) to the entities being added to the Entity List in this rule. BIS imposes a license review policy of a presumption of denial for these entities.
General Entity List descriptions are available at https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/lists-of-p...
It seems like it mostly restricts them from using US made tech and punishes US companies that supply them.
It’s also not super easy to find banks willing to work with companies publicly blacklisted by the US government.
Meaning NSO Group could not buy tech to build nuclear warheads in their backyard, but otherwise they are good to use any 'usual' US-made software.
Other commenters say it is significantly harder for companies in that list to banks because of that list. Is that true?