Hacking Team can no longer sell their spyware off … – Hipertextual

In April 2015 Hacking Team had been granted freedom to sell its software in 46 countries without having to seek special approval. These countries include Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and Paraguay in Latin America. The criteria that the authorities continued to authorize the export of software is unknown. Now, the same committee to give authorization, revoked two years before it expired. According to the Italian ministry, the export is not already in the public interest. This means that Hacking Team must request permission individually for each commercial operation carried out by the European Union.

Hacking Team is a company Italian that creates some of the more invasive spyware world. Many of the group’s clients were exposed in 2015 after leaks of private company documents that came to light in July of that year. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico and Panama were among the countries that have retained the services of Hacking Team to spy on its citizens.

According to a new report published by Rights digital that analyzes the acquisition and use of software spy Hacking Team in Latin America, most countries in the region have purchased or have been interested in buying surveillance programs offered by the group and often lend themselves to abuse and human rights violations , especially if you consider the history of authoritarianism and repression in the region
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authorities in Brazil , Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico and Panama have purchased licensed software by Hacking Team. While Argentina, Guatemala, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela have negotiated with the company but does not seem to have bought any product since July.

In most cases governments ignore established laws, or loopholes in these areas to use surveillance software without authorization, incurring disproportionate communications in many cases are aimed at dissidents, activists, or members of the opposition to the current government interventions.

the main objective of the systems criminal investigation and intelligence is
safeguard security, peace and the principles of each country. However, when used
methods like malware, these objectives are achieved by
secret mechanisms and possibly illegal, with little public accountability available when precisely the objective pursued democratic
must be citizens
controls and accountability.

When we talk about software as Hacking Team, it is necessary to prevent
governments have access and keep “zero days”. All kinds of vulnerability in
applications must be made transparent to not lend itself to future abuses.
Regulation regarding sensitive to this kind of cyber security developments must be considered by the State

Excerpted from Hacking Team. Malware for surveillance in Latin America .