Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
We know dictatorships spy on innocent people. And now we know where they buy their tools — from a tiny Italian company in Milan. It’s called Hacking Team. And the world knows about it, because Hacking Team has been hacked. On Sunday, a massive load of stolen documents were uploaded to the Internet. It revealed contracts, invoices and internal presentations of Hacking Team. And it offered a glimpse into a shadowy world of selling high-powered cyber weapons — even to genocidal maniacs. CNNMoney could not verify the authenticity of these documents. However, specific details in several separate documents form a consistent picture of Hacking Team’s business dealings. Hacking Team offers consulting on computer security, and its professional hackers build powerful tools. They can spy on emails, text messages and more. The dark side? Various human rights groups — such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch — have worried that Hacking Team’s tools will get into the wrong hands, helping governments arrest journalists and protestors to suppress free speech. In the past, Hacking Team has denied helping “repressive regimes.” But now there are documents that show the opposite. One contract exposed in the data breach shows that Ethiopia paid Hacking […]
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