Hacking Team: Oh great, good job, guys ... now the TERRORISTS have our zero-day exploits
Found on The Register on Thursday, 09 July 2015
"It is now apparent that a major threat exists because of the posting by cyber criminals of Hacking Team proprietary software on the internet the night of July 6," reads a statement on the Hacking Team website.
"Before the attack, Hacking Team could control who had access to the technology which was sold exclusively to governments and government agencies. Now, because of the work of criminals, that ability to control who uses the technology has been lost. Terrorists, extortionists and others can deploy this technology at will if they have the technical ability to do so. We believe this is an extremely dangerous situation."
Correction: the exploits went from one criminal to others. If HT would have really been so concerned about security, they would have reported the bugs. Instead they decided to use it for their own project which they sold to countries like Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Russia which are not exactly prime examples for freedom. They don't have the slightest moral high ground.