https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/03/nso-group-pegasus-spyware-us-blacklist

Decision against company at heart of Pegasus project reflects deep concern about impact of spyware on US national security interests

NSO Group has been placed on a US blacklist by the Biden administration after it determined the Israeli spyware maker has acted “contrary to the foreign policy and national security interests of the US”.