Why Italy sells so much spyware
It’s interesting analysis:
While much attention is paid to the sophisticated zero-click spyware developed by companies such as Israel’s NSO Group, the Italian spyware market has been able to operate relatively unnoticed, specializing in cheaper tools. This was reported by the Ministry of Justice of Italy documentas of December 2022. the country’s law enforcement agencies could rent the spy software for 150 euros per day, regardless of which provider they used, and without the large acquisition costs that would normally be prohibitive.
As a result, the Italian authorities have conducted thousands of espionage operations in recent years, reports A the report by Riccardo Coluccini, a respected Italian journalist who specializes in covering spyware and hacking.
Italian spyware is cheaper and easier to use, making it more widely used. And Italian companies have been on this market for a long time.
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