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Germany's Merkal hypocritical on online privacy with FinFisher spy malware exports, claims Julian Assange in latest Wikileak

on Sep 16, 2014 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

WikiLeaks’ latest dispatch has issued a call to Germany, requesting it to stop allowing the Munich-based FinFisher cyber-security firm to sell surveillance malware to a number of countries with poor human rights records.

Included with a scathing review of German chancellor Angela Merkal’s policies, were copies of the ‘FinFisher’ computer intrusion malware designed to grant governments access to infected smartphones and computers.

The communication interception tool was reportedly being widely used by governments to spy on the public in over 20 countries.

The malware was designed to breach and repress the security systems of OS X, Windows and Linux computers as well as Read full story ›

Source: The Drum