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SpyLedger dossier · Mercenary spyware

Paragon (Paragon Solutions Ltd.)

Paragon Solutions Ltd. is a mercenary-spyware vendor founded in 2019 by Ehud Schneorson and others, known for its Graphite spyware. In 2024 it was acquired by AE Industrial Partners (a Florida-based private investment firm) for a reported ~$500M (with earn-outs valued higher), with plans to combine it with AE portfolio company REDLattice Inc. The company is widely reported to have held a US federal (ICE/DHS) contract, underscoring that it has not been the subject of a US blacklist or sanction.

Products

  • Graphite (zero-click mobile spyware that extracts data from encrypted messaging apps; reported targets include WhatsApp, Signal, and Facebook Messenger)

Government designation status

No active designation on public record

No US (BIS Entity List, OFAC SDN, Treasury NS-CMIC, FCC Covered List) or EU designation against Paragon Solutions is on public record as of the research date (2026-06-22). This was checked against the cited reporting (Wikipedia and Citizen Lab), both of which describe regulatory scrutiny but explicitly note no formal blacklisting; by contrast, NSO Group is on the BIS Entity List and Intellexa/Predator-linked persons were OFAC SDN-designated. Paragon held a US ICE/DHS contract (paused under the Biden administration, reinstated in 2025), which is inconsistent with any US sanction or export-control designation. Note: the December 2025 OFAC SDN delistings widely reported in this space concerned three individuals (Sara Hamou, Andrea Gambazzi, Merom Harpaz) tied to the separate Intellexa/Predator consortium, not Paragon.

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