Technology2 Apr 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: ICE says it bought Paragon’s spyware to use in drug trafficking cases

The acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told lawmakers that it has bought and used spyware made by Paragon Solutions in drug trafficking ca…

The acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told lawmakers that it has bought and used spyware made by Paragon Solutions in drug trafficking cases, according to a letter seen by TechCrunch. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons wrote in the letter to three congresspeople that he approved the agency’s criminal investigative unit Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to use “cutting-edge technological tools” to counter “foreign terrorist organizations’ thriving exploitation of encrypted…

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