Commerce Department restricts ability of Intellexa and Cytrox to do business with American companies for 'threatening the privacy and security of individuals and organizations'

Lawyers and PR firms hired by embattled spyware company reportedly approached senators and members of Congress and are urging discussion of issue in Lapid-Biden meeting this week

After initially refusing to assist controversial Israeli spyware firm, Jerusalem said lobbying Biden administration on its behalf, arguing it should be given chance to reform

Commerce Department says Israeli companies suspected of link to 'activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States'

Reactions could include federal indictments, sanctions, counterattacks and even exposure of Kremlin corruption, experts say

Tech giant issues call-to-arms after attack on US government institutions blamed on Russia; singles out Israel's private sector, NSO Group as potentially dangerous going forward

'They got into everything,' one official says as federal authorities express growing alarm over breadth and depth of intrusion into government networks, likely by Russian actors

FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says hack, blamed on Russia, is still ongoing

Experts still trying to assess scope of months-long operation that slipped code into software update used on servers across the globe and in all 5 branches of US military

Cyberattack also targets Commerce Departments telecommunication division; sources say officials concerned similar method may have been used to breach other government agencies