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This is an increasing problem in Israel as well. Soldiers who spent years in the exploit-finding units of 8200 (Israeli NSA) can work for NSO and stay in Israe
by shmatt 5y ago
This is an increasing problem in Israel as well.
Soldiers who spent years in the exploit-finding units of 8200 (Israeli NSA) can work for NSO and stay in Israel. But they can also leave the country and work for foreign entities. Sometimes without even knowing who their employer is
One famous case was "Dark Matter" a UAE company who set up offices in Cyprus and offered 8200 soldiers 7 figures (in USD) a year salaries to relocate, outside of the Israeli Government oversight - which NSO need to adhere to, and work for them
- jackpirate 5y agoI'd love to read more about this if you have a source.
- SpikedCola 5y agoDarknet Diaries [0] does an episode that involves DarkMatter [0] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/47/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/47/
- shmatt 5y agoYou'd have to depend on Google Translate quality but this is a good article https://www.themarker.com/technation/.premium-1.7972249 https://www.themarker.com/technation/.premium-1.7972249
- ThisIsTheWay 5y agoIn addition to Darknet Diaries, there is a lot of interesting info in Nicole Perlroth's new book titled "This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends" https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/this-is-how-they-tell-me-the-world-ends-9781635576061/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/this-is-how-they-tell-me-the-w...
- azemetre 5y agoSeconding this recommendation. It's a great history of how the exploit market came to be in general.
- burkaman 5y agoIt's DarkMatter again in this case: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/politics/darkmatter-uae-hacks.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/politics/darkmatter-ua...