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19 September 2011
Last updated at 21:38 ET
A UK firm offered to supply "cyber-spy" software used by Egypt to target activists, the BBC has learned.
Documents found in the headquarters of the country's security service suggest it was used for a five-month trial period at the end of last year.
But Gamma International UK denies actually supplying the programme which infects computers with a virus that bugs internet phone calls and email.
The foreign secretary says he will "critically" examine export controls.
William Hague, who speaks for the government on computer security issues, said he would like to see a ban on any export of goods used for repression, and would look at the evidence.
He also admitted the law governing software exports was a grey area.
Gamma International UK, based near Andover in Hampshire, said it complied with UK export regulations.
You can hear more on that story on Radio 4's File on 4 programme at 20:00 BST.
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Documents found in the headquarters of the country's security service suggest it was used for a five-month trial period at the end of last year.
But Gamma International UK denies actually supplying the programme which infects computers with a virus that bugs internet phone calls and email.
The foreign secretary says he will "critically" examine export controls.
William Hague, who speaks for the government on computer security issues, said he would like to see a ban on any export of goods used for repression, and would look at the evidence.
He also admitted the law governing software exports was a grey area.
Gamma International UK, based near Andover in Hampshire, said it complied with UK export regulations.
You can hear more on that story on Radio 4's File on 4 programme at 20:00 BST.
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