We have no reason to suspect CCC's findings, but we can't confirm that this trojan was written by the German government. As far as we see, the only party that c

We have no reason to suspect CCC's findings, but we can't confirm that this trojan was written by the German government. As far as we see, the only party that could confirm that would be the German government itself. [1] I guess they are right. However, the features implemented in this trojan horse (Skype wiretapping, taking screenshots, keylogging, etc.) certainly look like it is to be used for general wiretapping/espionage. Additionally, CCC has obtained copies/variants(?) from several sources. If guess these were found on computers of people who have reasons to suspect the German police is spying on them. Overall, I assume that all other explanations for the existance of this software are significantly less likely than it being a police wiretapping rootkit. Edit: FAZ (German) writes that the software was found on several harddrives that were connected to a certain police investigation. The software had been deleted from the disks but could be recovered [2]. I guess that these disks were confiscated based on search warrants and later returned to their owners. This makes me believe that the analyzed software is indeed the German police's Bundestrojaner. [1] http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002249.html http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002249.html [2] http://www.faz.net/aktuell/chaos-computer-club-der-deutsche-staatstrojaner-wurde-geknackt-11486538.html http://www.faz.net/aktuell/chaos-computer-club-der-deutsche-...