If Hacking Team, alarm software spy violated. “Investigation … – Quotidiano.net

Rome, July 31, 2015 – ALARM it was launched by Alessandro Pansa, the police chief, during a hearing at Copasir (Copasir ). The most effective way to track the movements of potential terrorists were interceptions 2.0: send a ‘trojan’ on your mobile phone or computer to control communications. After the attack suffered by Hacking Team – the company selling its ‘Remote control system’ also to the Italian police – the hounds of the police post, however, they have had to turn off the software spy. With serious damage to many ongoing investigations (several dozen of the whole country), especially those anti terrorism. The police – said Pansa – was a client of HT since 2004. With the help of the director of the police post, Roberto Di ties, the prefect reported on the impact of the spread of 400 gigabytes Data Hacking Team in early July has had on investigations.

All the investigations that were under way with the software called Galileo were immediately suspended after the source code of the spy program It became public. Does not mean completely stop the monitoring of suspicious individuals, but not to use the most effective means to do the four available: the other three are the stalking, eavesdropping and the telephone. And are several investigations on terrorism, defined some major, major damage.

WEB is in fact heavily frequented by jihadist elements for propaganda and communications on social networks and more. Pansa and Di ties have however reassured the risk of electronic espionage of the police may have been in turn ‘laundry’. It was explained that the software purchased from HT was then mounted on hardware that the company had no direct access. And certainly the objectives of the investigation could not be known to the Hacking Team and have not been ‘burnt’ after hacking right away.

Among the issues raised is the fact that at the moment no company is Italian able to provide a service similar to what the HT put at the disposal of police and other law enforcement officers. So, for now, investigators are devoid of a ” weapon ‘very profitable. The consequences of the case Hacking Team are called to report next week to Copasir also the leaders of other governments that used Galileo: General Alberto Manenti (AISE), the General Tullio Del Sette (Carabinieri) and Saverio Capolupo (Guardia di Finanza). And Justice Minister, Andrea Orlando.

“ US of Hacking Team – said the CEO David Vincenzetti – we are working to return to law enforcement capacity to fight crimes that are hidden in the digital world. We already have isolated our internal systems to make sure that additional data is not stolen “.