Hacking Team, maker of government spyware, gets hacked

[Canadian pig]

An Italian software company that helps governments hack into computers to spy on people... has been hacked.

 

About 400GB worth of data was stolen by hackers 

 

The Italian company makes surveillance technology for governments and private industry, although names and companies have never been formally disclosed. The company which makes spyware and malware designed to infiltrate a number of platforms, both desktop and mobile, to assist in surveillance. Its products can turn over instant messages and text messages, phone calls, and other data, all while slipping past most antivirus products. the company has provided sales to countries with poor records on human rights and civil liberties, such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Oman, Lebanon, and Egypt.

 

 

 

 

source: http://www.cnet.com/news/hacking-team-maker-of-government-spyware-gets-hacked/

http://www.zdnet.com/article/hacking-team-hit-by-breach-files-suggest-it-sold-spyware-to-oppressive-regimes/

 

[GrimNeo]

Well that is a major slap in the face.

[Polyvalent]

GG.

[NiftyMist]

oh the irony.  lolz.

[-CLASSIFIED-]

Jokes on them , I already knew I was being watched . /jk?/

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