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{{short description|'''Israeli spyware / exploit firm linked to Discover-Tech Controlium'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Bindecy
| type = Private
| hq_location = Israel
| industry = Spyware / cyber-offensive tools
| products = Archer; Cupid (names reported to Citizen Lab by partners)
}}
'''Bindecy''' is an Israeli cybersecurity firm described by [[Citizen Lab]] as founded by "Israeli military intelligence alumni," with "cyber offensive contracts from the Israeli intelligence services," and as having sold "zero-click spyware" to Italy's Carabinieri (Citizen Lab citing Bindecy's site and ''Intelligence Online'').<ref name="CLDiscover">Bill Marczak et al., [https://citizenlab.ca/research/how-discover-tech-turned-targeted-ads-into-a-pipeline-for-spyware/ How Discover-Tech Turned Targeted Ads Into a Pipeline for Zero-Click Mercenary Spyware], Citizen Lab, 15 October 2026.</ref>

== Links to Discover-Tech ==

In its October 2026 AdFection investigation, Citizen Lab attributed Controlium (the ad-targeting platform of [[Discover-Tech]]) logins and related infrastructure to Bindecy operators, including domains and servers it fingerprinted in connection with products partners said were called "Archer" and "Cupid." It identified operator locations in several European countries and Singapore, and a customer appearance in Mexico and Colombia.<ref name="CLDiscover"/> Bindecy did not respond to Citizen Lab within the timeline provided.<ref name="CLDiscover"/>

== See also ==

* [[Discover-Tech]]
* [[Intelos]]
* [[Candiru]]
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]
* [[Unit 8200]]

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[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:Surveillance]]
[[Category:Unit 8200]]