Major threat: Hacking Team warns its spying tools are now in the hands of terrorists

[Batu69]

Following a massive security breach over the weekend, Hacking Team has issued a warning that its surveillance and remote access software could now be used by anyone -- including terrorists. The Italian security and surveillance firm fell victim to an attack that relieved it of 400GB of company data, including source code for its software.

Whoever was responsible for the security breach made this data available via torrent, meaning that anyone was able to get hold of it. Hacking Team's software is favoured by governments around the world for mounting NSA-style surveillance and monitoring programs and the company has now issued a stark warning: "Terrorists, extortionists and others can deploy this technology at will if they have the technical ability to do so".

Hacking Team says that "a major threat exists" as a result of the source code having been made available online. The security outfit launched an investigation in the wake of the breach and has since determined that "sufficient code was released to permit anyone to deploy the software against any target of their choice".

'Anyone' includes not only the likes of you and I, but also script-kiddies, criminally-minded hackers, and terrorists. The full repercussion of the leak is not yet known, but Hacking Team's technology was sold exclusively to governments and their agencies and this technology is now in the wrong hands. As a result of this, the company says the "ability to control who uses the technology has been lost".

Put bluntly, Hacking Team says:

We believe this is an extremely dangerous situation.

Work is underway to determine if anything can be done to limit any potential damage, but the prognosis is not good. These are tools that were designed to evade detection, to circumvent security measures, and to provide access to just about anything; they were not designed to be reined in. There has been talk recently about governments wanting backdoors to be built in security products, but this is not something that applied to Hacking Team's arsenal:

There have been reports that Hacking Team has 'backdoors' in its systems that would allow us to control the systems remotely. This is simply not true. Clients operate our technology on their own computer systems, and so it is clients who must take action to suspend operations.

For the time being, the majority of Hacking Team's clients have suspended use of its tools and it's now just a case of waiting to see if any group uses the source code for nefarious purposes.

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That is one reason why the Pentagon has requested more 155-millimeter nuclear artillery shells which are designed to be used on a battlefield in military situations... :wtf: :lol:

Yes, they have... :huh:

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[TeActive]

Following a massive security breach over the weekend, Hacking Team has issued a warning that its surveillance and remote access software could now be used by anyone -- including terrorists.

The government and its minions are the terrorist, see below

US Created ISIS Terror Group

Declassified secret US government document reveals US created ISIS as a tool to overthrow Syria’s President Assad russia-insider.com/en/secret-pentagon-report-reveals-us-created-isis-tool-overthrow-syrias-president-assad/ri7364

Obama White House: No, We Are Not at War With ISIS

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/08/obama-administration-we-are-not-at-war-with-isis/

PENTAGON PAYING ISIS-LINKED ‘REBELS’ $400 PER MONTH TO ‘EVENTUALLY’ FIGHT ASSAD

Knowledge of this fact has even become a detriment to ISIS recruitment, as jihadists refuse to join the terror group due to its ties to the Obama administration and Western intelligence.

Desperate to keep radicals in the fight, the US recently accused Assad of supporting ISIS in the toppling of his own country, a major narrative shift which aims to shape public opinion.

http://www.infowars.com/pentagon-paying-syrian-rebels-400-per-month-to-eventually-fight-assad/

ISIS in Iraq stinks of CIA/NATO ‘dirty war’ op

http://www.rt.com/op-edge/168064-isis-terrorism-usa-cia-war/

Pentagon to destroy $1 billion worth of ammo. This makes sense because…?

Written by Allen West on April 28, 2014

http://allenbwest.com/2014/04/pentagon-destroy-1-billion-worth-ammo-makes-sense/

Pentagon Recruits 60 “Moderate” Syrian Rebels, Pays $9 Million to Train Each One

Virtually all rebels in Syria have sworn allegiance to ISIS

http://www.cjournal.info/2015/07/11/pentagon-recruits-60-moderate-syrian-rebels-pays-9-million-to-train-each-one/

http://topinfopost.com/2014/10/12/isis-is-a-cia-creation

ISRAELI MILITARY ADMITS TO SUPPORTING SYRIAN JIHADIS

http://www.infowars.com/israeli-military-admits-to-supporting-syrian-jihadis/

YEMEN: THE WORLD’S NEWEST HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE, AND HOW BRITAIN HELPED TO CREATE IT

http://www.infowars.com/yemen-the-worlds-newest-humanitarian-catastrophe-and-how-britain-helped-to-create-it/

THE CODED MESSAGE OBAMA DELIVERS WHEN HE SAYS ISIL INSTEAD OF ISIS

ISIL stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Now, to us Westerners we don’t really make much of a distinction, do we? No, honestly from our perspective its all about the same. But how would a Muslim living in the Middle East view it? Just what is the Levant anyway? Let’s take a look.

The geographical term LEVANT refers to a multi-nation region in the Middle East. It’s aland bridge between Turkey to the north and Egypt to the south. If you look on a map, however, in the near exact middle of the nations that comprise the Levant, guess what you see? Come on, guess!

It’s Israel.

cont

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=24612

http://www.conspiracyoutpost.com/topic/2583-breaking-%E2%80%98horrific%E2%80%99-shooting-at-tennessee-riverpark-in-chattanooga-police-officer-%E2%80%98down%E2%80%99/?page=5#comment-17613

al-Awlaki, however, was a CIA asset with additional links to the FBI and was invited to attend a luncheon at the Pentagon in 2001, despite his known connections to the 9/11 hijackers.