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FTA "Two years ago their software was found being widely used by governments in the Middle East, especially Bahrain, to hack and spy on the computers and phone
by felixthehat 11y ago
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"Two years ago their software was found being widely used by governments in the Middle East, especially Bahrain, to hack and spy on the computers and phones of journalists and dissidents."
"I have hard proof they knew they were selling (and still are) to people using their software to attack Bahraini activists"
- mcintyre1994 11y agoThat was about Gamma Group wasn't it? > PhineasFisher described how Gamma Group "had denied having anything to do with it, saying they only sell their hacking tools to 'good' governments. ... I have hard proof they knew they were selling (and still are) to people using their software to attack Bahraini activists, along with a whole lot of other stuff in that 40GB."
- rudolf0 11y agoI find it funny that both Hacking Team and Gamma Group kept repeatedly claiming they do not sell to sanctioned governments, or governments with human rights issues, when they both clearly were behind the scenes. It's a pretty easy thing to prove as false. Why lie so blatantly when you know you'll probably get caught one day? Even if you don't get breached, one of the unethical governments you sell to will get breached or have some sort of leak, and your relationship with them will be uncovered. I imagine they both do it because there just isn't enough money in having 8 or so customers that you sell 1-2 products to when you can have 30+ customers.
- kissickas 11y agoFTA > Who are Hacking Team's clients? Australia, Azerbaijan, Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Honduras, Hungary, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Poland, Panama, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan. As mcintyre1994 said, the only Bahrain mentions were in regards to Gamma Group (FinFisher).
- felixthehat 11y agoOh I see what you meant, apologies
- TrevorJ 11y agoDamn though, they are like "Lord of War" but for modern times.
- x5n1 11y agoWhy the hell does the US government not target this sort of shit. If you want to get rid of the problems in the Middle East, that's by far the best way. Through activism and journalism.
- timboslice 11y agoThe US was a client of Hacking Team. If that doesn't answer your question..
- milspec 11y agobarely: the DEA buying it for other countries, and the FBI using it for low-importance stuff
- psykovsky 11y agoWhy should they? Are they the world police or something?