Jun 01, 2011
Commercial Surveillance Infrastructure: Global marketplace where surveillance technologies and expertise are traded as commodities to enable state intelligence operations across national boundaries
Italy
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
[+10]
Global
United States
Other
Cyber Espionage
Transnational Repression
Zero-Day Exploitation
Diaspora Surveillance
Journalist Surveillance: Systematic targeting of media professionals and critics of authoritarian regimes operating in democratic countries through surveillance
intimidation
and intelligence collection operations
Hacking Team's RCS Galileo 2011 Demo Exposes Commercial Spyware Sales to Authoritarian States
Italian firm's surveillance platform sold to Saudi Arabia, Morocco and others reveals commercial espionage market enabling state repression.