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US government agencies legally hack cell phones or emails all the time: think of the FBI tapping the phone of a suspected drug lord or the National Security Agency monitoring emails for terrorist plots.
But now, there is a growing interest in hacking other types of devices that people often use such as WiFi-connected security cameras and other IoT products.
Toca, an Israeli startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz, specializes in this kind of work. She previously gained attention in Haaretz 2022 condition Details of her claims about being able to obtain and even delete security camera footage.
The company is now looking forward to… He rents “USA Client Manager” to “support new business growth within the US Government market.” The position requires a “strong history of technology sales within the Department of Defense and national security agencies.”
Touka too Strive Customer Success Engineer on the North America team responsible for helping their customers with “Deployment, Training, and Enablement.” Experience working with federal law enforcement is an advantage.
Toka told TechCrunch that it “mostly offers open slots” and declined to comment further on its US government activities.
“What we can say is that Toka only sells to militaries, homeland security organizations, intelligence and law enforcement agencies in the United States and their closest allies who use our products in compliance with local laws,” a company spokesperson said.
Hacking IoT products is becoming increasingly common in the murky world of defense and intelligence.
Israel, where Toka is headquartered, has gained some notoriety for this type of intelligence gathering. Hezbollah to caution Earlier this year, Lebanese residents turned off their security cameras to prevent Israel from hacking them to identify targets.
But this type of technology should not be limited to war zones. TechCrunch reported last month that Ben Horowitz of a16z tried to donate money to the Las Vegas Police Department to purchase Toka software. A spokesman for Toka said they did not take him up on the matter.
Toka has publicly raised $37.5 million since its founding in 2018 from investors such as a16z, Dell Capitalet al. Previously Haaretz I mentioned In 2022, Touka was seeking to work with US Special Forces and an unnamed US intelligence agency.
Toca has sought to avoid scrutiny of Israeli spyware such as Approved by the United States NSO Group, publicly Promising It only deals with governments from a “selected list of countries” that have good records on civil liberties and corruption.
Toca He is listed as attending A conference in the UAE in 2021 and early this year hired Vice President of International Sales who previously worked at another controversial Israeli company, Seabrite. But Toca told TechCrunch that it does not have any customers in the UAE and is monitoring its international sales closely.
A Toca spokesman said: “We regularly review this selected list of countries, using external assessments on a range of issues, including civil liberties, rule of law and corruption.” “Aiding us in this process are two distinguished external advisors: Professor Peter Schock of Yale Law School, and Israel Prize winner Jakob Fraenkel, currently Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and a former International Monetary Fund official.”
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