What did the Gardaí buy from an Israeli spyware company?
Last year An Garda Síochána made payments totalling €278,000 to an Israeli company, Cognyte, which manufactures sophisticated surveillance software.
It is not known exactly what was bought or what it will be used for but the purchase was made under the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) framework. That means other State agencies such as Revenue, Fiosrú and Military Intelligence can use the new Israeli tech.
It is not the first time the State has bought technology – including military technology – from Israel.
Cognyte’s flagship offering is what it calls an “investigations analytics…
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