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I didn't know about this company before, but a cursory search suggests they were only based in Germany, not used by the German government. Title is misleading,
by spupe 5y ago
I didn't know about this company before, but a cursory search suggests they were only based in Germany, not used by the German government. Title is misleading, especially as it is not the original title of the article, and Germany has in fact prosecuted them.
That said, good riddance. We desperately need accountability for malware coming from state actors.
- coriny 5y agoYou might have missed this statement in the article: > German authorities were of course also customers of the company Though I don't think that's what the title was implying, I think it means German "nationality" rather than German "state-owned".
- spupe 5y agoYou are right about this claim, but the only thing I could find to substantiate it is a 2013 article in which leaked documents suggests German federal police wanted to use it [1]. It is still incorrect to suggest this is a German state spyware, although of course you are right about the ambiguity here. [1] https://netzpolitik.org/2013/secret-government-document-reveals-german-federal-police-plans-to-use-gamma-finfisher-spyware/ https://netzpolitik.org/2013/secret-government-document-reve...