Dec, 2016 : French Hosting Company Founder Target of British Spying

📅 December 12, 2016 - Founder and former CEO of the French hosting company OVH, Octave Klaba, was investigated by the GCHQ, the British spy agency. In May of 2009, the British agency intercepted satelite transmissions between Sierra Leone and Belgium. During the intercept, British agents obtained a list of email addresses and Klaba was on it.

Klaba was replaced as CEO of OVH in 2015. He is an outspoken digital privacy rights advocate and recently spoke out against recent French surveillance laws.

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