{"id":34076,"date":"2021-11-11T13:16:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T13:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=34076"},"modified":"2021-11-22T17:07:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T17:07:46","slug":"the-brazilian-federal-court-of-auditors-tcu-has-suspended-federal-procurement-actions-for-the-hiring-of-spyware","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/the-brazilian-federal-court-of-auditors-tcu-has-suspended-federal-procurement-actions-for-the-hiring-of-spyware\/","title":"The Brazilian Federal Court of Auditors (TCU) has suspended Federal procurement actions for the hiring of spyware","content":"

On Wednesday 10<\/span>th<\/span>, the TCU (Federal Court of Auditors) unanimously decided on the <\/span>suspension of the purchase of the spyware, Harpia<\/span><\/a>, by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. The protective order will be in place until the Court rules on the merits of the issue. This will probably only take place once the company involved has been heard. The Court ruled on a request for suspension of the tender, made by the Public Prosecutor\u00b4s Office, Senator Randolfe Rodrigues and civil society organisations. <\/span><\/p>\n

Harpia Tech, who would be responsible for the service, won the Ministry of Justice <\/span>Electronic Tender 3\/2021<\/span><\/a>, for the hiring of espionage services, in July. In principle, as revealed in a <\/span>report on the UOL portal<\/span><\/a>, the Ministry was interested in hiring the spyware, Pegasus, designed by the Israeli company NSO Group. The service has been used by a number of governments in several different countries, to access the mobile telephones of the opposition, journalists and human rights defenders. However, the company handed negotiations over to the government following repercussions in the media. <\/span><\/p>\n

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