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US citizen sues Ethiopia for allegedly using computer spyware against him – Washington Post


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US citizen sues Ethiopia for allegedly using computer spyware against him
Washington Post
The suit says that forensics experts found more than 2,000 files related to a spyware program called FinSpy, including evidence that it had accessed the plaintiff's Skype calls, e-mails and Web-browsing history in violation of U.S. wiretapping laws
American Citizen Sues Ethiopian Government: 'Mr. Kitane' Claims Secret International Business Times
Internet Domestic Spying Spreads Like the FluCourthouse News Service
How An American Sued The Ethiopian Government For Spyware InfectionGizmodo Australia
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Now it’s Ethiopia spying on Americans’ computers – WND.com


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Now it's Ethiopia spying on Americans' computers
WND.com
There was an attachment with a program called FinSpy, and that program over months recorded his activities on the computer. It was discovered because the spyware left traces of the files it copied and surreptitiously sent to a secret control server

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Ethiopia using spyware to monitor political activists: report – Sudan Tribune

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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FinSpy Software Used To Surveil Ethiopian Activists – Cyber Ethiopia

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

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