The European messaging service Zivver – which is used for confidential communication by governments and hospitals in the EU and the U.K. – has been sold to Kiteworks, an American company with strong links to Israeli intelligence. Experts have expressed deep concerns over the deal.

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Amsterdam-based secure messaging service Zivver, used by European hospitals, governments, and courts to transmit confidential data, was acquired by U.S. company Kiteworks in June. Kiteworks' CEO and several top executives are former members of an elite Israeli Defense Force cyber intelligence unit. Despite Zivver's encryption claims, investigations reveal the company can read message contents. Cybersecurity experts warn that sensitive European health and government data is now subject to U.S. surveillance laws and overseen by a firm with documented Israeli intelligence connections, raising serious data sovereignty and security concerns.

Europeans’ health data sold to U.S. firm run by ex-Israeli spies