Members of the U.N. Security Council for the first time gathered Tuesday to discuss the threat posed by commercial spyware at an informal meeting where a senior U.S. diplomat called for enhanced efforts to obtain justice for victims of the technology, and other nations pledged to take action.
The meeting — known as an Arria-formula, to discuss pressing problems outside the full council — comes at a time when increasing attention is being paid to how spyware is infecting devices belonging to diplomats.
The U.S. National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2025 includes a measure meant to better protect diplomats from commercial surveillance technology by requiring the State…