The Hacking Team absurd excuse to sell spy software … – Gizmodo in Spanish

Hacking Team claimed that never with countries and governments that contravene human rights. When the massive theft of data has shown that lying, the company has begun to provide the particular excuses to explain why spyware and sold infiltration, for example, Sudán.http: //es.gizmodo.com/por which-the-go …

In a statement on the matter offered to our fellow Gizmodo, Hacking Team spokesman in the United States has explained the following:

This issue may seem simple, but in reality it is very difficult for different reasons. On the one hand, some have labeled repressive governments that have been allies of the Western countries for a long time. Furthermore, governments change and those changes become more or less susceptible to criticism.

This comment indicates that where UN sees governments that do not respect human rights, Hacking Team go misunderstood democracies. Although never released specific information of customers or countries, Hacking Team always proclaimed that did not cooperate with countries blacklisted UN nor governments that contravene human rights.

The image above shows how the company managed to convince a committee of the organization behind this research regarding the possible provision of services to Sudan. The following, obtained by Forbes from the filtered data, shows how the company actually received payments (this is particularly the latter) worth almost half a million dollars. The total contract value was $ 1 million.

Needless to say, the sale of weapons, whether electronic weapons to countries like Sudan that are on this blacklist is completely illegal in most countries. Poor excuse Hacking Team continues:

Finally, to governments that are widely criticized by some activists may have a legitimate need for our technology. For example, the country that is the target of anger and activists can also be a territory where terrorist activities are generated. The technology provides Hacking Team is particularly useful in detecting and persecuón terrorists.

The company spokesman probably refers to the renewal of the contract of sale of spy intelligence agency INSA (Network Information Security Agency) software Ethiopia. That contract came after it became public that the INSA was using the spy software to monitor and harass journalists against the government. You can not expect much ethics of a company dedicated to violate the security custom and sell weapons, whether electronic, but justify their activity and borders on the surreal.

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