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Paybacks are hell: Parental spying prompts infiltration of German police system

Jan

2012

Der Spiegel published a story in yesterday's edition of their magazine that the hack on the German police surveillance system "Patras" was prompted by a senior officer spying on his daughter's internet activities. The Patras system is used by the police to track suspects using so-called "silent" SMSs and GPS tracking devices planted on automobiles. […]

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More Info on German State Backdoor: Case R2D2

Oct

2011

Last weekend, the German based Chaos Computer Club (CCC) published details on a backdoor trojan they claimed was being used by German authorities, in violation of German law. And now, several German states have admitted to using Backdoor:W32/R2D2.A (aka “0zapftis”), though they say the backdoor falls within what’s allowed. In one case, the trojan was […]

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Backdoor Snoops on Skype, MSN, and Yahoo! Messenger

Oct

2011

We recently came across reports about a hacker group that was able to detect a backdoor which was found capable of monitoring online activities and recording calls when using Skype. However, apart from its routines, it garnered media attention because of its claims that the discovered backdoor may be used by German Law Enforcement.The malware, […]

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