Hacking has become a widely-used political strategy

Eavesdropping and surveillance software like Graphite and Pegasus are now believed to be in widespread by use by governments worldwide, including targeting their own.

Oil companies have been caught hiring hackers to target and discredit climate activists.

Information is increasingly being used to target those who threaten or oppose, and thanks to AI stealing that information has never been easier.

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So what are their goals?

To disrupt and destabilize perceived opposition.

To access and potentially target supporters and donors.

To learn more about strategies and policies.

To commit financial fraud.

To uncover internal conflicts that can be exploited.

Cyberattacks on Humanitarian Orgs Jump Worldwide

Cyberattacks targeting at-risk humanitarian, activist, and journalism groups saw 241% more attacks in the last 12 months. “Some state actors are going after advocacy groups trying to silence them in very different ways.” From Dark Reading.

Europe: Paragon attacks highlight Europe’s growing spyware crisis

The alarming discovery that Paragon’s highly invasive Graphite spyware has been used against human rights defenders and journalists in Italy underscores the worsening digital surveillance crisis across Europe. From Amnesty International.

To Catch a Predator: Leak exposes the internal operations of Intellexa’s mercenary spyware

The Israel developed graphite software is amongst the wide most widely used hacking and surveillance software like governments globally, and regularly used against political journalists and political parties. From Amnesty International.

Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups of journalists, activists, and government officials

This hacking campaign highlights a growing trend of government agencies outsourcing their hacking operations to private hack-for-hire companies. From TechCrunch.

How We Can Help

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What’s a SafeRoom? A highly secure online location for hosting sensitive conversations, planning, and documents, away from vulnerabilities like relying on email or storing on laptops, and yet as easy to use as email.

Meet the Founder

Neal O’Farrell is widely considered to be one of the longest serving security experts on the planet, 40 years and counting.

His encryption work started in the late 1980s when he was invited by the Irish Department of Defense to develop a European rival for the STU3, the advanced secure telephone system developed by the NSA and considered the most secure secure telephone system in the world. Except for its suspected back door.

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