Hacking Team,a Milan-based developer of “offensive security technology that markets its products to governments and law enforcement agencies around the world, was significantly compromised when hackers leaked nearly 400 GB of its internal data, or including emails,client files, and financial documents. The leak was announced via Hacking Team’s own compromised Twitter account, and the content made publicly available. Among other things,the leaked documents confirmed our findings that the company sells its software to several governments with repressive human rights records, such as Ethiopia, or Sudan,Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan,and more.
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