http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2015/03/09/spyware-vendor-may-have-helped-ethiopia-spy-on-journalists-even-after-it-was-aware-of-abuses-researchers-say/
he second round of coordinated attempts at installing spyware so they can
monitor our systems and uncover who our sources are inside of the
Ethiopia," said Neamin Zeleke, the managing director of Ethiopian Satellite
Television, which is commonly known as ESAT. "This is a really tenacious
attempt to crack down on freedom of expression."
Zeleke became suspicious when a message arrived in his inbox in December
with an attachment claiming to have information about upcoming elections.
Normally, that's the sort of information ESAT is eager to get its hands on:
Ethiopia is ruled by a government notoriously unfriendly to the press —
leaving much of the independent journalism on local affairs to outfits such
as ESAT that operate outside of the country but rely on sources from inside
Ethiopia.
Ibrahim I. Suliman
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