Another is claimed to show the company debating what to do after an independent investigation from the University of Toronto attacked it for
selling hacking tools to Ethiopia, which then used it to target journalists in the US and elsewhere.
Hacking Team
sells hacking tools to governments around the world, including repressive ones.
Not exact matches
Silk Road 2.0 provided an online bazaar where users across the world could buy and
sell drugs, computer
hacking tools and other illicit items, using the digital currency Bitcoin as payment, authorities said.
When it became clear to US officials that the Russian either did not have the
hacking tools or had no intention of
selling them, the Americans cut off the deal and warned him to go back to Russia and never return, The Times reported.
Robin Kreibich was
selling a set of
hacking tools allowing Paragon players to
hack the game in order to implement aimbot, triggerbot, and map
hack functions to know where enemy players are at all times.
In response to allegations that
Hacking Team
sold tools to blacklisted countries like Sudan, Vincenzetti said the company has separated business relations with Sudan, Russia and Ethiopia.
According to recent reports, the company's code is now also out in the wild, meaning that clever hackers will be able to put together some rather powerful
hacking tools, which have been
sold to governments and large corporations in order to achieve certain goals on the Internet.
One invoice apparently reveals the company dealing with a private Brazilian firm, YasNiTech, to whom it
sold three months access to its remote access
tool, allowing the firm to
hack in to Android and Blackberry phones, and Windows devices.
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Samples of Remote Control System, the surveillance
tool sold by the Italian outfit
Hacking Team until it was
hacked in 2015, have surfaced and been noticed in 14 countries, the Slovakian security firm ESET claims.