(2012) In the mid-2000s, two Israeli spy companies (Narus and Verint) were caught in the centre of a huge scandal involving the wiretapping of virtually all US phone and internet mes-
sages. Their mass surveillance services were used by America’s two largest telecom companies, AT&T and Verizon.

These telecom giants, which together control 80% of the US market, were turning over all of their customers’ internet communications and phone call records to the US National Security Agency (NSA).