Hacking Team claims terrorists can now use its tools

[Kent Sharkey]

IT World[^]:

Hacking Team has warned that a devastating data breach it suffered will allow its spying tools to be used by criminals and terrorists.

"Hack the planet! Hack the planet!"

[Mladen Jankovic]

Kent Sharkey wrote:

criminals and terrorists.

Implying that it hasn't already been used by hardcore criminals. :doh: Just look at the list of their clients.

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[JMK NI]

...for free

[dexterama]

The upside is patches will be applied to exploits they knew about and never reported for money; Hacking Team sells weaknesses in code for exploitation and personal gain. Sounds like karma in action, to me.