"Spyware vendor may have helped Ethiopia target journalists – even after it was aware of abuses, researchers say"

The Ethiopian government appears again to be using Internet spying tools to attempt to eavesdrop on journalists based in suburban Washington, said security researchers who call such high-tech intrusions a serious threat to human rights and press freedoms worldwide...

Hacking Team declined to comment on whether it sells its services to Ethiopia. "We do not disclose the identities of clients nor their locations as a matter of policy," company spokesperson Eric Rabe told The Post. "Obviously, clients demand confidentiality and require it in order to conduct legitimate legal surveillance of suspects in cases of crime, terrorism or other wrongdoing."