Bitcoin Wallet Transactions Exposed by Hacking Team's Money Module
The recent hacking incident on Italian spyware vendor Hacking Team revealed that the group has been able to track bitcoin wallet transactions through its Money Module. Among the files released in the leak earlier this month are reports and emails showing how the module worked. Last year, Hacking Team already mentioned that they're working on a feature that could expose transactions related to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Documents have shown that this feature can also expose transactions using litecoin, feathercoin, and namecoin. Bitcoin Wallet Secrecy. Bitcoin wallets are usually....
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According to a report from Ars Technica, the Italian company Hacking Team developed a piece of software called Money Module that specifically targeted cryptocurrency wallets in addition to other financial files. It looked for the wallet.dat file on the hard drive and if it found it, relayed it back to the owner of the license to the software. Then, they could try to break the password, and from there they could either have the money or at least track the funds of the user, which would be the ultimate goal of a spy agency, for instance. But an individual hacker who may have this software....
Italian spyware vendor Hacking Team's internal data was hacked and released this week, leaking research and information on how its bitcoin spyware called "Money Module," which was used to spy on protesters and political dissidents works. The Italian spyware vendor has been selling the software that surveils computers or smartphones to a range of clients, including international law enforcement agencies. The software was launched in January 2014, and has been used to track down transactions of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, litecoin, feathercoin and namecoin. The software targets one key....
Bitcoin transactions have been appealing mostly due to their anonymous nature, but recent reports revealed that spyware firm Hacking Team has been tracking activity on bitcoin wallet sites. Security news provider CSO reported that hackers have been able to access a large cache of files including internal emails, payment invoices and product descriptions. Hacking Team is a notorious spyware group based in Italy that has been known for providing technology that enables hacking, mass surveillance and data collection. It has also been associated with repressive governments. Bitcoin Wallets....
Hacking Team has made a lot of media headlines over the past year. Not only because this collaborative is known for its hacking exploits all over the world, but also because of their contacts with governments around the world. Ever since Hacking Team became the subject of a hacking attempt themselves, a lot of people have been wondering what day-to-day operations for this group looked like. Apparently they were keeping a very close eye on the evolution of the Bitcoin ecosystem. WikiLeaks has unveiled over one million emails from the Hacking Team surveillance malware collective. As part of....