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Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data

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Re: Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data

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Post by dempseye »

chinathrow wrote: post #105
kisil_reboot wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a wide range of moral gray area there. Imagine, e.g., a US contractor who builds converters that make dumb bombs into smart bombs. The US is going to bomb people anyway; better that they hit fewer non-targets along the way.

> The US is going to bomb people anyway; better that they hit fewer non-targets along the way. This has been used as a talking point pro smart bombs for some time now - and yet we have still bombings of weddings with a civilian hit rate of nearly 100%. Killing is is still killing, no matter how smart the weapon is.

They are aiming for the weddings.

Re: Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data

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Post by dsmithatx »

Ntrails wrote: post #109
Fede_V wrote: post #91

I do not want to sound shockingly naive, but I wonder how these people can sleep at night. You've just sold software to some of the most brutal governments in the world, who will use your technology to track down and brutally torture incredibly brave human rights activists. How can you do this, and still get up in the morning while looking at yourself in the mirror? I can understand petty crime if the alternative is…

You've just sold software to some of the most brutal governments in the world, who will use your technology to track down and brutally torture incredibly brave human rights activists. You make so many assumptions about the viewpoint of the other person and then state that you cannot understand how they behave like this. Of course you cannot, you've phrased the question in a way which doesn't necessarily even make sen…

I'm pretty sure they understand his point of view. Why else would they vehemently deny selling this software to such governments like Sudan then?

Re: Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data

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Post by HoochTHX »

bobcostas55 wrote: post #93

Someone is uploading things to github: https://github.com/hackedteam/ Take a look at the GeoTrust repo... This is a very interesting file, too: https://github.com/hackedteam/rcs-common/blob/master/lib/rcs...

That program appears to creates evidence on the target machine. I hope there will be a way to link this to the parallel construction group. Don't like the guy, plant evidence!/s

Re: Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data

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Post by digitalneal »

Fede_V wrote: post #91

I do not want to sound shockingly naive, but I wonder how these people can sleep at night. You've just sold software to some of the most brutal governments in the world, who will use your technology to track down and brutally torture incredibly brave human rights activists. How can you do this, and still get up in the morning while looking at yourself in the mirror? I can understand petty crime if the alternative is…

On high thread count sheets, with imported feather pillows in mansions that overlook federally protected ocean coves.

As the famed hip hop scholar Rocko once said "Umma Do Me".

That is how they sleep at night.

Re: Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data

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Post by filoeleven »

Fede_V wrote: post #91

I do not want to sound shockingly naive, but I wonder how these people can sleep at night. You've just sold software to some of the most brutal governments in the world, who will use your technology to track down and brutally torture incredibly brave human rights activists. How can you do this, and still get up in the morning while looking at yourself in the mirror? I can understand petty crime if the alternative is…

Another reply mentioned how the same questions can be asked of people joining the US military. And I'll add the examples of buying clothing made in sweatshops, hi-tech devices made in sweatshops, blood diamonds, bottled water, and even factory-farmed meat if your concern for suffering extends beyond human suffering.

It's easy to ignore the consequences of your choices when they do not directly impact you or the people you know and care about. I am not crying 'hypocrisy!' here--I take part in these systems too--only pointing to things that many of us do that can be viewed with equal abhorrence by those who pay attention to them. And I think that is the answer to your question: it's all in what you pay attention to.

Re: Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data

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Post by HelloNurse »

Don't miss: the bullshit at http://www.hackingteam.it/index.php/customer-policy

"We do not sell products to governments or to countries blacklisted by the U.S., E.U., U.N., NATO or ASEAN.

We review potential customers before a sale to determine whether or not there is objective evidence or credible concerns that Hacking Team technology provided to the customer will be used to facilitate human rights violations."

Re: Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data

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Post by ionised »

tgif1759 wrote: post #83

Do you need hackers for hire? Do you need to keep an eye on your spouse by gaining access to their emails? As a parent do you want to know what your kids do on a daily basis on social networks ( This includes facebook, twitter , instagram, whatsapp, WeChat and others to make sure they're not getting into trouble? Whatever it is, Ranging from Bank Jobs, Flipping cash, Criminal records, DMV, Taxes, Name it, We can get…

'Professional' hackers soliciting clients via a gmail address eh?

Re: Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data

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Post by doki_pen »

bobcostas55 wrote: post #93

Someone is uploading things to github: https://github.com/hackedteam/ Take a look at the GeoTrust repo... This is a very interesting file, too: https://github.com/hackedteam/rcs-common/blob/master/lib/rcs...

Looks like they are actively distributing child pornography. They should be charged.
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