| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Surveillance technology |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founders | Guy Geva; Nimrod Reznik |
| Headquarters | Ramat Gan, Israel, |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Spyware; mobile device exploitation tools |
Quadream was an Israeli surveillance technology company.[1][2] It prominently sold iPhone hacking tools,[2] and was founded in 2014 by a group including two former NSO Group employees, Guy Geva, and Nimrod Reznik.[3] Its offices were in Ramat Gan.[3] The company is suspected to have shut down in April 2023.[4] It is owned by a parent company in Cyprus.[2]
Quadream is believed to have developed "zero-click" exploit tools similar to those used by NSO Group.[5] Its customers include the government of Saudi Arabia.[2][6] In at least 10 countries and continents North America and Europe, governments used tools developed by Quadream against journalists and opposition.[4]
Shortly before shutting down, Citizen Lab released a report detailing the use of Quadream's spyware against members of civil society including journalists, an NGO worker, and political opposition figures.[7] It is alleged that this report, as well as Israeli regulations and a lack of sales, were the reasons behind the company's closure.[8]
See also
edit- Pegasus (spyware), developed by NSO Group
References
edit- ^ "NSO rival Quadream in talks with Moroccan gov't". Globes. 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ a b c d "Secretive Israeli Cyber Firm Selling Spy-tech to Saudi Arabia". Haaretz. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ a b How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens; By Ronan Farrow, April 18, 2022, The New Yorker
- ^ a b "Israeli spyware company QuaDream expected to close down - report". Jerusalem Post. April 17, 2023.
- ^ Bing, Christopher; Satter, Raphael (2022-02-03). "EXCLUSIVE iPhone flaw exploited by second Israeli spy firm-sources". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ Abu Sneineh, Mustafa. "Saudi Arabia deploys new Israeli spyware to hack activists' phones: Report". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "Sweet QuaDreams: A First Look at Spyware Vendor QuaDream's Exploits, Victims, and Customers". The Citizen Lab. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
- ^ Benjakob, Omer (2023-04-16). "Israeli Spyware Maker QuaDream Closes, Fires All Employees". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2026-06-03.
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