From
Wikipedia:
Hacking Team is a
Milan-based
information technology company that sells offensive intrusion and
surveillance capabilities to governments, law enforcement agencies and corporations.
[1] Its "
Remote Control Systems" enable governments and corporations to monitor the communications of internet users, decipher their
encrypted files and emails, record
Skype and other
Voice over IP communications, and remotely activate microphones and camera on target computers.
[2] The company has been criticized for providing these capabilities to governments with poor
human rights records.
[3] Hacking Team states that they have the ability to disable their software if it is used unethically.
[4][5]
Hacking Team employs around 40 people in its Italian office, and has subsidiary branches in
Annapolis,
Washington, D.C. and
Singapore.
[6] Its products are in use in dozens of countries across six continents.
[7]
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