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Jun
Bulgaria approved the sale of spyware to intelligence and security agencies in countries with records of human rights abuses. Documents show Bulgaria’s export control authority licensed Circles BG, a Sofia-based surveillance technology company, to sell interception systems, mobile-tracking tools and surveillance infrastructure to intelligence agencies in Azerbaijan, Serbia, Malaysia and Mexico. Circles is an affiliate of the NSO Group, the Israeli firm behind the notorious Pegasus spyware that has been used to target political figures worldwide, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Pakistani politician Imran Khan. One of Circles' founders, Tal Dilian, was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2024 for…