A German company long criticized for helping governments spy on communications has shut down operations and filed for insolvency, according to authorities.
FinFisher GmbH sold spyware to law enforcement and intelligence agencies that could be used to hack into computers and mobile phones and then steal data and secretly record conversations. Human rights groups accused the company of providing the technology to authoritarian governments who used it to target activists and journalists.
In early February, Munich-based FinFisher and two related firms – FinFisher Labs GmbH and raedarius m8 GmbH – filed for insolvency, according to the German insolvency administrator JAFFÉ ...
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