Hacking Team, the Italian surveillance firm that develops spyware and hacking software has been hacked by attackers that exfiltrated some 400Gbs of data. The company has often been at the center of heated debate because of surveillance solutions that it develops, many experts and privacy advocates argue that the company sells its products to oppressive and dictatorial regimes. There is no information on how the attack was carried out or even when it occurred. The stolen data has been uploaded to BitTorrent, it includes a huge number of directories containing source code, emails and also audio recordings.”]
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