In summary, the entity that attacked ESAT on December 19, 2014, appears to be a government, since they apparently employed Hacking Team RCS, and
Hacking Team states that it provides its «software only to governments or government agencies.»
According to leaked Hacking Team RCS documentation, installation of RCS updates requires a user license file from the company.54 Moreover,
Hacking Team states that without its continued support to a client, its product «soon becomes useless.»
Not exact matches
A
team of researchers have developed a new encryption system that's basically
hack - proof, potentially improving the
state of cybersecurity.
LoJack for Laptops, a software tool designed to rat on computer thieves, appears to be serving a double purpose — by seemingly working with a Russian
state - sponsored
hacking team.
Reacting in large part to Russian efforts to
hack the presidential election last year, a growing number of
states are upgrading electoral databases and voting machines, and even adding cybersecurity experts to their election
teams.
What should be easy money for the mercenary
team of a freerunning ex-commando and his computer
hacking partner proves to be anything but as they find themselves doggedly pursued across Europe, Canada and the United
States by highly trained forces with resources vastly disproportionate to the recapture of one missing acolyte.
Now Sonic must defeat Eggman and get Chaos Emeralds again to restore the island old
state before it's too late!The
hack made by
Team Painto
The person writing to
Hacking Team explicitly
stated that they do not use e-mail for such sensitive communication, but that they could communicate via the Saudi embassy in Italy or in Washington.
One thing that can not be denied, sifting through the massive trove of leaked e-mails, is that
Hacking Team most certainly did service the Saudi
state.
DePetrillo takes no position on
Hacking Team or sideloading apps, but notes that from a security perspective, the latest jailbreaking software is designed to obfuscate how it works, comes from
teams based outside the United
States, and disables several security features.
In the wake of our 2014 reporting, we also sent an August 2014 open letter to
Hacking Team, which inquired, inter alia, about investigation by the company into the reported misuse of the software against Ethiopian journalists in the United
States.62 We posed further questions about their due diligence and accountability mechanisms, while applauding their efforts to incorporate human rights considerations into their customer policy.
Hacking Team has also publicly
stated that they investigate abuses reported in the press and sometimes take action:
A
team of researchers have developed a new encryption system that's basically
hack - proof, potentially improving the
state of cybersecurity.
The country's southern counterpart says
state - sponsored
teams are still
hacking into exchanges.
Under the terms and conditions of Ethereum, it
states: there may not be a continued demand for the platform, there may be possible weaknesses introduced by either the Ethereum
Team or third parties, and there are possible future developments in
hacking that would make the cryptocurrency vulnerable.
EFF, Derechos Digitales, Fundacion Karisma, R3D and our colleagues in the region have issued a statement to Latin American governments, demanding more transparency on how Latin American
states are using — or misusing — spyware like that sold by
Hacking Team.
According to an alert from the United
States Computer Emergency Readiness
Team yesterday, Russia has
hacked into many of our government...
Yet another nation -
state hacking team has been spotted compromising a network router to get to its ultimate targets: this time, it's the...