In what could only be called an ironic turn of events, the Hacking Team, a company that sells malware and spyware technology to government, law enforcement and intelligence agencies, has been hacked by an unknown entity.



The breach exposed all of the company's corporate data. The hackers, whose identities are unknown, posted links to a torrent file comprising more than 400GB of the company's data for anyone to download.

One of the Hacking Teams offensive products was the DaVinci remote control software. DaVinci is commonly viewed as 'legal malware' by the security industry owing to its ability to break encryption and allow law enforcement agencies to monitor files and emails and other digital communication.

The company said only that it is currently working with the police and cannot officially comment on the attack.

Source: TheInquirer