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Germany, prosecutors searched the homes of 13 people on Tuesday,
they said, adding raids had also taken place in Britain, France,
Belgium and Switzerland. They did not have further information
on the raids in other countries.
The suspects in Germany, aged between 19 and 51, are believed to
have bought and used smartphone software DroidJack, which allows
surveillance of phones that use Google's Android, the world's
most popular mobile operating system.
The software allows users to, for instance, monitor a
smartphone's data traffic, eavesdrop on phone conversations or
hijack a phone's camera without its owner noticing.
It can also be used to spy on smartphone users as they access
online banking systems.
The prosecutors' office said DroidJack could be used only to
commit crimes and was designed to avoid detection even by
experienced smartphone users.
It is too early to say how much damage the suspects may have
done, a spokesman for the Frankfurt prosecutor's office said.
(Reporting by Peter Maushagen; Writing by Maria Sheahan; Editing
by Georgina Prodhan)
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