Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Secret email conversations from Wikileaks exposed how the Botswana Police Service and the Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) through a local consultant have been in contact with an Italian spyware designing firm to purchase surveillance software that steals data, monitors smartphones, email, online traffic and civilian communication on social media. The firm, Hacker Team was itself, recently, attacked by other hackers who passed 400GB of its confidential information to Wikileaks in July 2015. Sifting through the data, The Botswana Gazette has established that through a local IT company, African Cyber Risk Institute (ACRI), law enforcement and intelligence agencies sought to purchase the “highly offensive” spy programme known as Galileo Remote Control System. The Sudanese government was issued quotations amounting to US$500 000 for the spy software. Leaked operational manuals reveal the designer of the programme; Italian David Vicenzentti explaining that it is a “stealth, spyware based system for attacking, infecting and monitoring computers and smartphones which has full intelligence on target users even for encrypted communications (Skype, PGP, secure web mail, etc).” “Its systems exploit vulnerabilities in desktop and mobile operating systems in order to covertly take control of a target’s computer, and discreetly eavesdrop on web clicks […]
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