Massive hack-for-hire scandal rocks Italian political elites
The president and former prime minister were among targets of hackers selling highly sensitive data.
Reuters exposé of hack-for-hire world is back online after Indian court ruling
Reuters News has restored to its website an investigation into mercenary hacking after a New Delhi court lifted a takedown order it issued last year. The article, originally published on Nov. 16, 2023, and titled “How an Indian startup hacked the world,” detailed the origins and operations of a New Delhi-based cybersecurity firm called Appin. Reuters found that Appin grew from an educational startup to a hack-for-hire powerhouse that stole secrets from executives, politicians and wealthy elites around the globe.
Inside the global hack-for-hire industry
In a quiet alcove of the opulent Leela Palace hotel in Delhi, two British corporate investigators were listening intently to a young Indian entrepreneur as he made a series of extraordinary confessions. The 28-year-old computer specialist Tej Singh Rathore described his role as a player in a burgeoning criminal industry stealing secrets from people around the world. He had hacked more than 500 email accounts, mostly on behalf of his corporate intelligence clients.
Void Balaur | The Sprawling Infrastructure of a Careless Mercenary
The Void Balaur cyber mercenary group has thrived throughout 2022, attacking targets on a global scale with new phishing campaigns.
Inside the global hack-for-hire industry
In a quiet alcove of the opulent Leela Palace hotel in Delhi, two British corporate investigators were listening intently to a young Indian entrepreneur as he made a series of extraordinary confessions. The 28-year-old computer specialist Tej Singh Rathore described his role as a player in a burgeoning criminal industry stealing secrets from people around the world. He had hacked more than 500 email accounts, mostly on behalf of his corporate intelligence clients.
Void Balaur | The Sprawling Infrastructure of a Careless Mercenary
The Void Balaur cyber mercenary group has thrived throughout 2022, attacking targets on a global scale with new phishing campaigns.