Hacking Team hacked: firm sold spying tools to repressive regimes, documents claim
The cybersecurity firm Hacking Team has itself been the victim of a major hack. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Alex Hern @alexhern Monday 6 July 2015 12.46 BST Last modified on Monday 6 July 2015 15.36 BST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Shares 763 The cybersecurity firm Hacking Team appears to have itself been the victim of a hack, with documents that purport to show it sold software to repressive regimes being posted to the company’s own Twitter feed. The Italy-based company offers security services to law enforcement and national security organisations. It offers legal offensive security services, using malware and vulnerabilities to gain access to target’s networks. According to the documents, 400GB of which have been published, Hacking Team has also been working with numerous repressive governments – something it has previously explicitly denied doing. It has not been possible to ind