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Ethiopian refugee wants UK action over hacking

By Raphael Satter
Published February 18, 2014 12:17pm ET
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Ethiopian refugee wants UK action over hacking
Ethiopian refugee Tadesse Kersmo talks to the media at the London offices of Privacy International Monday Feb. 17, 2014, after experts found traces of sophisticated surveillance software on his computer used for cyberattacks, and is calling on British authorities to open an investigation. Expatriot Ethiopian Kersmo accused the Ethiopian government of deploying the computer software to spy on his communications with members of the country's opposition groups. (AP Photo / Raphael Satter) | Raphael Satter

LONDON (AP) — An Ethiopian refugee has urged police to investigate whether he had been hacked by his home government on British soil.

If taken up, Tadesse Kersmo’s call could spark a diplomatically sensitive inquiry into whether Ethiopia’s security services have been using high tech methods to attack their critics abroad — and whether a U.K. company has been equipping them for the task.

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