Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 5/13/23
Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 5/13/23
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Global Surveillance: The Secretive Swiss Dealer Enabling Israeli Spy Firms
Crofton Black and Omer Benjakob in Haaretz tell the story of Andreas Fink, a Swiss telecom expert who went from outspoken privacy advocate and ally of Julian Assange to masterminding a global surveillance infrastructure that he has placed at the disposal of governments and companies.
Exclusive documents and data from multiple telecom industry sources, gathered by Lighthouse Reports and partners over more than a year of investigation, reveal how Fink's systems have served as a conduit for probing and attacking phone networks across …
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