First Wap, the Discreet Cybersurveillance Company Responsible for Tracking Journalists, Personalities and Executives

Le Monde

Lean Left

Factuality

Ownership

Little known to the general public, this veteran of the sector has been selling for more than twenty years a geolocation solution, including to authoritarian regimes. Among its targets: a journalist investigating the Vatican, an Airbus employee or the film star Jared Leto.

turi2

Factuality

Ownership

Smartphone spy? A security company from Jakarta under German leadership is said to have marketed spy software that has been used to locate mobile phones for many years by politicians, journalists and artists, Lighthouse Reports researched with German participation of the German mirror and ZDF. There is talk of over 1.5 million tracking attempts in 168 countries, especially between 2007 and 2014. The accused company First Wap rejects the allegati…

Haiti24

Factuality

Ownership

On Wednesday 4 June, a ballet of dark sedans spilled legions of men in costume in front of the chic Clarion Congress Hotel in Prague. They came for the ISS World, the European Grandma of Surveillance: for three days, police and intelligence officers from around the world come to market with spy software vendors of all kinds. On the small booth of the company First Wap, the discussion is going well. Günther Rudolph, the Austrian sales manager of …