Saudi women’s rights activist sues three ex-US intel operatives over hacking for UAE
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington from Technology | The Guardian on (#5SW47)
Loujain al-Hathloul says actions of men on behalf of the UAE led to her iPhone being hacked and to her imprisonment and torture
Loujain al-Hathloul, the prominent Saudi women's rights activist, has filed a lawsuit against three former US intelligence and military officers who have admitted in a US court to helping carry out hacking operations on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.
In her lawsuit, which was filed in a US district court in Oregon in conjunction with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Hathloul alleged that the actions of three men - Marc Baier, Ryan Adams, and Daniel Gericke - led to her iPhone being hacked and communication being exfiltrated by UAE security officials.
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