German police authorities raided the Munish offices of ’FinFisher, ’ also known as ’FinSpy’ as part of an investigation launched against it.
German police authorities raided the Munish offices of ’FinFisher, ’ also known as ’FinSpy’ as part of an investigation launched against it.
The Munich Public Prosecutor’s office ordered the raid and took place on October 6 and October 8. The raids were conducted across Romania and Germany. This included 15 properties around Munich and a company connected to FinFisher located in Romania.
The authorities started the investigation last year after the German blog Netzpolitik and some advocacy groups filed a complaint with Munich prosecutors in the summer of 2019.
The complaint claims that the popular surveillance firm FinFisher eluded the restrictions for the sale of the software to oppressive regimes that used it to spy on activists, political dissidents, privacy advocates, and citizens.
FinSpy is powerful spying software that is being sold as a legal law enforcement tool to governments around the world but has also been found in use by overpowering and uncertain regimes to spy on activists, political dissidents and journalists.
FinSpy malware can target both desktop and mobile operating systems, including Android, Windows, iOS, macOS, and Linux, and gives its operator spying capabilities, including control of both victims’ webcams and microphones, as to spy everything they type on the keyboard, intercepting calls, and exfiltration of sensitive data stored on the infected system.
A new report from BR (Bayerischer Rundfunk) and NDR (Norddeutscher RundFunk) suggests that the spying firm illegally exported FinSpy to other countries without the correct export approval issued by the federal government.
FinFisher denied accusations and successfully sued the German bog, and requested the removal of the article; however, the criminal complaint had to run its procedure.
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