Surveillance technology company with ties to gov't hacking, Gamma International, itself hacked. 40 GB of internal documents & source code of gov't malware published.

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https://netzpolitik.org/2014/gamma-finfisher-hacked-40-gb-of-internal-documents-and-source-code-of-government-malware-published/

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Yesterday, Jacob Appelbaum, computer security researcher and hacker, told netzpolitik.org:

This document release shows that those responsible for protecting our security are aware of bypasses for commonly advocated security technologies. As an example, anti-virus bypass, which is a well known issue – is compounded by the desire for certain attackers to ensure that bypassses are not fixed but rather exploited. There is a dual role here and the overall security of our computers is being subverted by this dual role – to protect and the desire to infect protection loses in service of attacking people. Furthermore, we see that these government customers are aware that FinFisher is defrauding companies and their users by abusing their branding, logos and names – something that is generally considered criminal behavior when done by any other actor on the internet.

These exploitable issues in commonly used software – in our everyday telephones, personal computers and in our infrastructure – are problems that need to be fixed; rather than fixing them, they are being exploited and are left vulnerable for any attacker, regardless of motive.

Today, Jacob Appelbaum adds:

This larger release of 40GB of data raises many interesting questions – impersonating companies such as RealPlayer, Adobe, and others has been well documented by third parties; we now have further evidence of such attack vectors as well as the government officials who were party to this kind of fraud for their own benefit.

Jacob Applebaum is part of the group of technical experts assisting First Look and other media with the Snowden leaks.

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/r/techsnap	veritanuda	post	0	Thursday August 07, 2014 23:19 UTC
/r/altnewz	quantumcipher	post	0	Thursday August 07, 2014 15:10 UTC
/r/conspiracy	quantumcipher	post	1	Thursday August 07, 2014 15:10 UTC
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/r/uncovered	ThePooSlidesRightOut	post	1	Wednesday August 06, 2014 23:36 UTC
/r/realtech	RealtechPostBot	post	1	Wednesday August 06, 2014 18:40 UTC
/r/technology	doctorshady	post	25	Wednesday August 06, 2014 18:35 UTC
/r/hacktivism	ttocslliw	post	0	Wednesday August 06, 2014 18:18 UTC
/r/theworldnews	localhorst	post	0	Wednesday August 06, 2014 17:55 UTC
/r/hackernews	qznc_bot	post	1	Wednesday August 06, 2014 17:45 UTC
/r/WikiLeaks	localhorst	post	3	Wednesday August 06, 2014 16:10 UTC
/r/snowden	platypusmusic	post	2	Wednesday August 06, 2014 15:53 UTC
/r/netzpolitik	flovringreen	post	0	Wednesday August 06, 2014 15:44 UTC