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Activists Sue UK Government Over Spy Software Supplier – TechWeekEurope UK
TechWeekEurope UK Privacy International has been fighting the government to investigate Gamma International, which produces the FinFisher line of software that can infect mobiles and PCs to spy on users. To the dismay of human rights activists, the FinSpy tool was seen … |
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Ethiopia using spyware to monitor political activists: report
Sudan Tribune “The existence of a FinSpy sample that contains Ethiopia-specific imagery and that communicates with a still-active command and control server in Ethiopia strongly suggests that the Ethiopian government is using FinSpy,” said Morgan Marquis-Boire, … |
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Activists on Front Lines Bringing Computer Security to Oppressed People
Threatpost (blog) Security-related policy or legislation is enacted and then enforced to protect corporate, government or military interests. Civil organizations are often left flailing in the wind, fending for themselves with fewer IT resources and experience than a … |
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FinSpy Software Used To Surveil Ethiopian Activists
Cyber Ethiopia Researchers found a version of FinSpy in Ethiopia that tricked users into downloading the spyware with photos of an Ethiopian political group, suggesting the government used the surveillance for political purposes, the report said. A FinSpy campaign in … |