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Last year, phone-hacking tools maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as a customer after human rights investigators alleged local police and intelligence services used…

A government client of spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of someone in…

A hacktivist has dug up more than half a million payment records from a provider of consumer-grade “stalkerware” phone monitoring apps, exposing the email addresses and…

A senior Democratic lawmaker with knowledge of some of the US government’s most secretive operations said he has “deep concerns” about some of the Central Intelligence…

London’s High Court awarded a Saudi satirist and human rights activist more than £3 million (US$4.1 million) in damages on Monday after finding “substantial evidence” that…

Microsoft provided the FBI with recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported…

Ireland is considering new legislation to give law enforcement agencies more surveillance powers, including a license to use spyware. The Irish government announced this week the…

The NSO Group, one of the most well-known and controversial makers of government spyware, published a new transparency report on Wednesday as the company enters what…

It was a normal day when Jay Gibson received an unexpected notification on his iPhone. “Apple has detected a targeted mercenary spyware attack against your iPhone,”…

Across Uzbekistan, a network of about a hundred banks of high-resolution roadside cameras constantly scan the license plates of vehicles and their occupants, sometimes thousands a…