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c0lo [soylentnews.org] writes:

netzpolitik.org reports [netzpolitik.org] that the network of the surveillance technology company Gamma International has been hacked and 40 gigabytes of internal data, including source code [github.com] (yeap! uploaded on GitHub), support and marketing/sales info, are available for download (torrent warning) [netzpolitik.org].

If Gamma FinFisher doesn't ring a bell for you: the Reporters Without Frontiers lists [rsf.org] them as one of "The Enemies of Internet" in the "Surveillance" special edition:

Gamma International offers advanced spyware, which has repeatedly been discovered in countries who mistreat journalists, like Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. The Finfisher Technology sold by Gamma International is able to read encrypted files, emails and listen in to voice over IP calls. Among the targeted was Ala'a Shehabi, a journalist, university lecturer and activist from Bahrain, now living in London.

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