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Every current PC system can be broken, no matter which operating system it is running. Intelligence agencies use 0-day exploits and test the software they use a

Every current PC system can be broken, no matter which operating system it is running. Intelligence agencies use 0-day exploits and test the software they use against known antivirus software and intrusion detection systems. There are also plenty of companies such as Lench/Gamma who overtly advertise their ability to penetrate any system. You can only buy or lease their software as a state actor, though.

DyslexicAtheist 9y ago
> You can only buy or lease their software as a state actor, though. there is a wide spectrum of actors in this space and besides the well known (Gamma/HackingTeam) also include many smaller firms that do not shy from working in a gray area and cater to both criminal enterprises, unstable regimes, warlords. Especially smaller fish fill the niche (AREA[¹], Negg[²], ...) Though any of these providers they don't just give you a software because "solutions* would (due to their nature) rarely work out of the box. Instead they come with a consulting service contract to ensure the system is correctly used (to facilitate breaching the target). So "state actors" isn't restricted to spy-agencies but low-level law-enforcement who lack the budget and technical know-how for maintaining or creating these tools. So these systems are kind of a poor-mans TAO. ¹ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6367357213161332736/ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6367357... ² https://twitter.com/ValbonneConsult/status/953574494576304128 https://twitter.com/ValbonneConsult/status/95357449457630412...