There's a little story happening now on twitter / Internet, where an Italian company that sells malware to ... well, pretty much anyone willing to pay -- from Australian Federal Police through to Ethiopia -- has been hacked. The Ethiopians were using the software to spy on journalists, who are an endangered species in that country. The twitter account which is no longer hacked: https://twitter.com/hackingteam The client list including renewal date info: Just thought anyone writing espionage / tech styled fiction might enjoy the real life drama unfolding
Looks like Gamma (makes of Finfisher Spyware) has been hacked also: Example Finfisher software use story: https://bahrainwatch.org/blog/2014/08/07/uk-spyware-used-to-hack-bahrain-lawyers-activists/ Hacked or spoofed twitter feed: https://twitter.com/GammaGroupPR
