The Atlantic |
Dissidents Fight Back as Governments Step Up Spyware Attacks
The Atlantic A spyware tool called FinSpy, made by the British company Gamma Group, can clandestinely turn on Web cams and read documents as they're being typed. It has been linked to servers in more than two dozen countries, including Bahrain, where an active … |
 Press TV |
UK Limits Spyware That May Have Targeted Dissidents
Businessweek The British government has imposed export controls on U.K.-based Gamma Group's FinSpy surveillance tool, which can remotely take over computers and phones, following reports that the systems may have been used to target political dissidents. The U.K. … UK-made spy software found in Bahrain Bahraini regime uses UK-made spy software to crush dissent |
 New York Times |
Software Meant to Fight Crime Is Used to Spy on Dissidents
New York Times The software has been identified as FinSpy, one of the more elusive spyware tools sold in the growing market of off-the-shelf computer surveillance technologies that give governments a sophisticated plug-in monitoring operation. Research now links it … Meet FinSpy, the Favorite Spyware of Oppressive Governments Everywhere … Investigating FinSpy: when surveillance spyware gets in the wrong hands UPI NewsTrack Science and Technology News |