Hacking Team Documentation

The Intercept has published the complete manuals for Hacking Team’s attack software. This follows a detailed report on Hacking Team’s products from August. Hacking Team sells computer and cell phone hacking capabilities to the governments of Azerbaijan, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, and Uzbekistan…and probably others as well.

This is important. The NSA’s capabilities are not unique to the NSA. They’re not even unique to countries like the US, UK, China, Russia, France, Germany, and Israel. They’re available for purchase by any totalitarian country that wants to spy on foreign governments or its own citizens. By ensuring an insecure Internet for everyone, the NSA enables companies like Hacking Team to thrive.

Posted on October 31, 2014 at 8:38 AM • 68 Comments