Report: Ethiopia Targeted Dissidents, Journalists With International Spyware Attacks 
(World News Science)

Since 2016, the Ethiopian government has targeted dissidents and journalists in nearly two dozen countries with spyware provided by an Israeli software company, according to a new report from Citizen Lab, a research and development group at the University of Toronto. Once their computers are infected, victims of the attack can be monitored covertly whenever they browse the web, the report says. Based on an in-depth analysis of the methods used to trick victims into installing the software, Citizen Lab concluded that `agencies of the Ethiopian government` deployed the spyware to target individuals critical of their policies.  More than 40 devices in 20 countries were infected, according...