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Jack Recider

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Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

It's believed that over a million children have been killed or tortured or raped or injured or just lost a parent in the last 20 years from this group. And they've been accused of committing crimes against humanity so many times. The killings settled down for a while. But recently there's been another flare-up. Civil war has broke out in Sudan. The Janjaweed are back.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

It's believed that over a million children have been killed or tortured or raped or injured or just lost a parent in the last 20 years from this group. And they've been accused of committing crimes against humanity so many times. The killings settled down for a while. But recently there's been another flare-up. Civil war has broke out in Sudan. The Janjaweed are back.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

But they changed their name now. And now they're called the Rapid Support Forces. And the boss of them is Hermedi. And Hermedi is one of the richest people in Sudan. And seems to be funding the war against the people of Sudan. Now, Crofton, the reporter we've been talking to in this episode, his specialty is tracking airplanes.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

But they changed their name now. And now they're called the Rapid Support Forces. And the boss of them is Hermedi. And Hermedi is one of the richest people in Sudan. And seems to be funding the war against the people of Sudan. Now, Crofton, the reporter we've been talking to in this episode, his specialty is tracking airplanes.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

And he was particularly zoomed in on the planes that Tal was getting on and was trying to figure out if his flights had some connections with the business and his customers.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

And he was particularly zoomed in on the planes that Tal was getting on and was trying to figure out if his flights had some connections with the business and his customers.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

So if Tal is selling his spyware to people in Sudan who are using it to kill innocent civilians, then how much of that responsibility should fall back onto Tal? The kit he has for sale can be weaponized against innocent people. Militia groups who are actively killing their citizens, attempting genocide, and are accused of crimes against humanity now have this spyware in their hands and can use it?

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

So if Tal is selling his spyware to people in Sudan who are using it to kill innocent civilians, then how much of that responsibility should fall back onto Tal? The kit he has for sale can be weaponized against innocent people. Militia groups who are actively killing their citizens, attempting genocide, and are accused of crimes against humanity now have this spyware in their hands and can use it?

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

I think conducting weapons deals with Sudan's militia groups should be illegal. But is this spyware a weapon? So anyway, that was one of the trade deals that Crofton was tracking by watching Tal's flights in and out of Sudan.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

I think conducting weapons deals with Sudan's militia groups should be illegal. But is this spyware a weapon? So anyway, that was one of the trade deals that Crofton was tracking by watching Tal's flights in and out of Sudan.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

Why not just establish a base in Israel, his home country, where he's a military veteran there? He knows people there. He can just operate out of there. But I have a theory. I believe Tal really likes what the NSO group is doing, which is creating mobile spyware and selling it to governments around the world. But he also saw all the heat and scrutiny that NSO group was under.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

Why not just establish a base in Israel, his home country, where he's a military veteran there? He knows people there. He can just operate out of there. But I have a theory. I believe Tal really likes what the NSO group is doing, which is creating mobile spyware and selling it to governments around the world. But he also saw all the heat and scrutiny that NSO group was under.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

They have to work closely with the Israeli government to share with them who they're doing business with. And there may be some restrictions that have been put on the NSO group, like who they can and can't do business with. And if there weren't restrictions, there is a lot of public outcry and scrutiny of the NSO group of what they should be doing and not doing, which can spoil deals.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

They have to work closely with the Israeli government to share with them who they're doing business with. And there may be some restrictions that have been put on the NSO group, like who they can and can't do business with. And if there weren't restrictions, there is a lot of public outcry and scrutiny of the NSO group of what they should be doing and not doing, which can spoil deals.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

I believe Tal saw this huge fire that the NSO group had started and decided to take the wheel and drive right into it. But he would sort of sidestep all the bureaucracy that NSO was tied up in. If the Israeli government required some kind of oversight into the affairs of NSO group, then forget that. Let's set up shop in a different country.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

I believe Tal saw this huge fire that the NSO group had started and decided to take the wheel and drive right into it. But he would sort of sidestep all the bureaucracy that NSO was tied up in. If the Israeli government required some kind of oversight into the affairs of NSO group, then forget that. Let's set up shop in a different country.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

And if NSO couldn't sell to certain regimes, Tal might have saw that as an opportunity to do business with forbidden customers. Cal knows that some people he sells his spyware to misuse it. But his response to this? Well, he told Forbes.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

And if NSO couldn't sell to certain regimes, Tal might have saw that as an opportunity to do business with forbidden customers. Cal knows that some people he sells his spyware to misuse it. But his response to this? Well, he told Forbes.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

Which makes me think he may be interested in doing business with anyone. And if that's the case, I'm not sure he only does business with governments. He might be selling his spyware to anyone who can afford it. In 2019, Tal started thinking bigger. That van kitted out with that wispier technology, he wanted to crank that thing up even higher.

Darknet Diaries
137: Predator

Which makes me think he may be interested in doing business with anyone. And if that's the case, I'm not sure he only does business with governments. He might be selling his spyware to anyone who can afford it. In 2019, Tal started thinking bigger. That van kitted out with that wispier technology, he wanted to crank that thing up even higher.