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Malta Cybercriminals Sell Vulnerability Codes To Countries For Espionage

Calendar Jul 16, 2013 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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On the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta, two Italian hackers have been searching for bugs The hackers, Luigi Auriemma, 32, and Donato Ferrante, 28, sell technical details of such vulnerabilities to countries that want to break into the computer systems of foreign adversaries. The two will not reveal the clients of their company, ReVuln, but big buyers of services like theirs include the National Security Agency

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