APNewsBreak: Email leak suggests Ecuador spied on opposition
Ecuadorean opposition activist Dr. Carlos Figueroa was being pursued by the state when his email and Facebook accounts were hacked. Several dozen of his colleagues have similarly had their digital lives violated. All blamed President Rafael Correa's government, but no one had proof.
The Associated Press has found compelling evidence that Figueroa was indeed hacked by Ecuador's domestic intelligence agency, with software tailor-made by an Italy-based company called Hacking Team that outfits governments with digital break-in tools.
That would tag Figueroa as the first publicly identified target from a catalog of more than 1 million company emails stolen by an unknown hacker and leaked online last month.
AP's finding also casts doubt both on Hacking Team's claims that its intrusion tools, which intercept phone calls, collect emails and record keystrokes, are for use against serious criminals, not dissidents, and on assertions by Ecuadorean officials that they do not spy on domestic opponents.
http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-email-leak-suggests-ecuador-spied-opposition-191403707--finance.html
