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美国国会参议院 ranking 成员罗恩·怀登（D-俄勒冈州）于2026年7月22日在华盛顿国会山参议院财政委员会听证会上发言。路透社/安娜贝尔·戈登/档案照片 购买授权许可
华盛顿9月9日电（路透社）——三名美国议员呼吁美国政府将一批印度IT公司列入黑名单，称这些公司“针对美国公民、企业及其代理律师开展了长达十五年多的定向间谍活动”。
在周三发布的一封联名信中，民主党参议员罗恩·怀登、谢尔登·怀特豪斯，以及共和党众议员帕特·哈里根，请求商务部将BellTroX、CyberRoot、Sunkissed Organic Farms私人有限公司（前身为“Appin Technology私人有限公司”）及其子公司加入商务部的“实体清单”。一旦被列入清单，这些公司将无法获得美国软件、云基础设施和网络安全工具。
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Sunkissed的代表、CyberRoot和美方均未回应置评请求。记者未能联系到BellTroX置评。
所有三家公司都被媒体报道和大型科技公司发布的报告指认为黑客服务业务的幌子公司。
2022年，路透社将CyberRoot和BellTroX列为网络雇佣兵行业的主要玩家，称它们经常被西方律师和私家侦探雇佣，在法律和商业纠纷期间互相监视。路透社2023年的一篇报道将Appin列为该领域的先驱，称该公司从一家教育初创企业发展为黑客服务巨头，窃取了全球各地高管、政客、军方官员和富裕精英的机密信息。
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三家公司的高管均否认有不当行为。
包括《纽约客》和调查新闻局在内的其他媒体机构，以及Facebook母公司Meta平台和谷歌母公司Alphabet旗下的谷歌，也都指认这些公司为黑客服务提供商。这两家科技公司还联合发布了三份相关报告，揭露与这些公司有关的黑客活动。
路透社正在印度与一个自称“Appin培训中心协会”的团体进行诉讼。该协会称其代表Appin校友的利益，并指责路透社损害了培训中心及其学员的声誉，路透社对此予以否认。诉讼目前仍在进行中。
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US lawmakers call on American government to blacklist three Indian hack-for-hire firms
2026-09-10 21:27:42 UTC / Reuters
Ranking Member U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 22, 2026. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Three U.S. lawmakers have called on the American government to blacklist a set of Indian IT firms over what they describe as “more than fifteen years of targeted espionage against U.S. citizens, businesses, and the lawyers representing them.”
In a letter issued Wednesday, Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Republican Representative Pat Harrigan, asked the Commerce Department to add BellTroX, CyberRoot, and Sunkissed Organic Farms Pvt. Ltd. (formerly known as “Appin Technology Pvt. Ltd.”) and its subsidiaries, to the Commerce Department’s Entity List. Such a designation would cut them off from U.S. software, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity tools.
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Sunkissed representatives, CyberRoot and the Commerce Department did not respond to requests for comment. BellTroX could not be reached for comment.
All three companies have been described in media coverage and in reports published by major tech firms as being fronts for hack-for-hire activities.
In 2022, Reuters named CyberRoot and BellTroX as key players in the cybermercenary industry, saying they were frequently tapped by Western lawyers and private investigators to spy on one another during legal and business disputes. A 2023 Reuters report identified Appin as a pioneer in the field, saying the company grew from an educational startup to a hack-for-hire powerhouse that stole secrets from executives, politicians, military officials and wealthy elites around the globe.
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Executives at all three companies have denied wrongdoing.
Other publications, including The New Yorker and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, have also identified the firms as hackers-for-hire, as have Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet-owned Google, both of which have published three reports between them about hacking activity tied to the firms.
Reuters is engaged in litigation in India with a group calling itself the Association of Appin Training Centers, which says it represents the interests of Appin alumni and accuses Reuters of damaging the reputations of training centers and their students, an allegation Reuters disputes. The litigation is ongoing.
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