Delicious ironies: Hacking Team "horrified" that they've been hacked

It's the righteous outrage that makes this story so funny - company that profits from violating privacy has their own privacy violated. Suck ****, cryptofascist dirtbags :thumbsup:

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The leak emerged after the Milan-based cyber security company had itself fallen victim to a cyber attack earlier this week with nearly 440 gigabytes of their internal data uploaded to the internet. For years, Hacking Team has been criticised by security researchers and international NGOs for supplying its intrusion and surveillance software to oppressive dictatorships like Sudan, which is subject to United Nations sanctions. Hacking Team's flagship product is called Remote Control System (RCS), and works by installing malicious software on a target's phone or computer which can remotely activate microphones and cameras and send the data back for analysis. <snip> The 440 gigabytes of leaked data includes email correspondence with clients, codes for infecting phones and computers with malware, and contracts with governments for access to their offensive interception technologies. Eric Rabe, the chief marketing and communications officer for Hacking Team, told AM the attack was "reckless and dangerous". "I am horrified by the criminal attack on our company that has resulted in the ability to have those documents online", he said. "It shows that the criminals who did this have no regard for public safety. "Police and investigators need to be able to do their work to keep the rest of us safe and the tool that Hacking Team provides is a step in that direction."

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