Cyber mercenaries present a grave threat to human rights and freedom of expression. They have been implicated in surveillance, torture, and even murder of human rights defenders, political candidates, and journalists. One of the most effective ways that the human rights community pushes back.
Hacker-for-hire firms like NSO Group and Hacking Team have become notorious for enabling their customers to spy on vulnerable members of civil society. But as…
A loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to highlight reports of one Indian company’s hacker-for-hire past and the legal threats aimed at making them disappear.