The Italian company that develops and distributes spyware and hacking tools Hacking Team – specifically in law enforcement and government agencies in general – was breached over the weekend.
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A spyware and malware provider in government agencies was hacked by hackers who seem to have the bulk, if not all, corporate data of the company.
After the hacking of the company's Twitter account, Hacking Team a company based in Milan was left open and the whole world could now download data stored on its server. On Sunday night, several tweets proved the broad attack in the company's systems, exposing some of its transactions with various governments.
Hackers, whose identities are not yet known, have published a torrent that contains files over 400GB. The leaked data contains emails and company financial data.
The Italian company is developing surveillance technologies for both governments and the private sector. Names and companies have never been officially revealed. The company develops spyware and malware that can penetrate a number of platforms.
The United States and the UK often work with businesses such as Hacking Team for technology support. The company also allegedly supports some repressive regimes.
Some of the documents show that the company has its services in countries such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Oman, Lebanon and Egypt.
A tweet posted on Sunday by Eva Galperin, global political analyst at Electronic Frontier Foundation, δημοσίευσε μια λίστα με τις χώρες που λέγεται ότι είναι πελάτες της ιταλικής εταιρείας. Στον κατάλογο υπάρχουν το Μαρόκο, ο Παναμάς το Μεξικό, αλλά και η Αυστραλία, η Germany and the USA.
The company had reported that it had never sold spyware and malware in Sudan, but files leaked from company systems show exactly the opposite.
An archive shows that the company cut an invoice to the Sudanese government worth € 480.000 for "remote controlled" systems.