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An Italian digital surveillance firm, Hacking Team, notorious for helping governments spy and clampdown on internet users was Sunday night hacked, and 415GB of its internal data leaked online.
The firm's Twitter account was also hacked and used to disseminate the leaked torrent files.
Documents released so far by the attackers show that Hacking Team worked with the Bayelsa state Governor, Seriake Dickson, and many other suppressive regimes like Sudan, UAE, Russia, Bahrain and Ethiopia.
The records also showed the security firm had contracts with U.S. government agencies like FBI, the Department of Defense, and the Drug Enforcement Agency.
The project with the Bayelsa state government was within the period of the state's clampdown on one of its former employees, Tonye Okio, for allegedly criticizing the Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Dickson, on his Facebook page.
It is unclear at this point the exact surveillance task the firm carried out for Bayelsa state government - researchers are still pouring through troves of data leaked by the attacker...