... ECCHR and Privacy International have seen files suggesting that Gamma supplied Bahrain with the surveillance software FinFisher and provided technical assistance from Germany. This allowed Bahraini authorities to use the trojan to spy on computers in Germany...Data from 77 computers has shown that Bahraini authorities used the trojan to spy on numerous devices in Britain as well as one computer in Belgium and one in Germany. Those targeted by the spyware in Britain included prominent Bahraini human rights activists. The identity of the victim of surveillance in Germany is not yet known...German-British firm Gamma developed and produced FinFisher... According to Privacy International, FinFisher software is used in 35 countries, including Ethiopia, Turkmenistan, Bahrain and Malaysia. “Companies like Gamma do well from repressive states, but reject any responsibility for their products,” says Adriana Edmeades from Privacy International. “It is time that legal action was taken against corporations for their involvement in grave human rights violations.”...