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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

The attacker who broke into the computers of Hacking Team [wikipedia.org] has written a narrative of the event, detailing the methods used. The write-up is available in English [pastebin.com] (mirror [archive.is]) and in Spanish [pastebin.com]. (mirror [archive.is]).

coverage:

• CSO Online [csoonline.com]
• Ars Technica [arstechnica.com]
• Motherboard [vice.com]
• Computerworld [computerworld.com]

In other news about Hacking Team, the Financial Times reports [ft.com] (semi-paywalled) that Italy's ministry of economic development, citing “changed political circumstances" that may be related to Italian-Egyption relations in the wake of the murder of Giulio Regeni [wikipedia.org], has revoked the company's licence to export outside the EU.

related stories:
Italian Security Firm "Hacking Team" Has Been Compromised [soylentnews.org]
Hacking Team Complains That its Leaked Zero-Days Will be Misused [soylentnews.org]

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