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Founder of spyware maker Hacking Team arrested for attempted murder: local media

TechCrunch

The founder of the infamous and now-defunct spyware maker Hacking Team was arrested on Saturday after allegedly stabbing and attempting to murder a relative, according to multiple news reports.

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The State of Security in 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

are concerned about spyware, 7.6% SolarWinds put supply chain attacks on the map, but the history is much longer, arguably going back to a backdoored Linux kernel in 2003 and probably extending much further in the past. Only 10.0% about illegitimate use of resources (for example, cryptocurrency mining), and 1.9% Figure 1-2.

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