Hacktivist Leaks Government Malware: Be Your Own NSA, Hack All The Things!
August 6, 2014 | Peter Yeh
A hacktivist calling himself Phineas Fisher, has hacked into Gamma International, a UK-based spyware company that makes malware for governments, and leaked 40 GB of internal documents including the source code of their premier spy agency tool, FinSpy or FinFisher. The tools’ source has been released on BitTorrent, meaning now you too can be your own NSA and violate someone’s privacy!
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