2025-02-13 11:41:21

Barcelona-based spyware startup Variston reportedly shuts down

Variston, a Barcelona-based spyware vendor, is reportedly being liquidated. Intelligence Online, a trade publication that covers the surveillance and intelligence industry, reported that a legal notice published in Barcelona’s registry on February 10 confirmed that Variston has gone into liquidation. This comes almost exactly a year after TechCrunch reported that Variston was in the process […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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