Hacking Team's malware, sold as "offensive security" software
Dear Australian Federal Police,
I request access to any document that shows how much it cost the Australian Federal Police to use malware produced by the Milan based software company known as Hacking Team" in the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. In case there is any difficulty in identifying the malware I'm referring to, it is the software that Hacking Team were pleased call "offensive security software".
Yours faithfully,
Mark R. Diamond
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Good Morning Mr Diamond,
Your Freedom of Information Request re: Hacking Team's malware, sold as
"offensive security" software
I refer to your application of 5 January 2016 in which you seek access to
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act) as follows:
I request access to any document that shows how much it cost the
Australian Federal Police to use malware produced by the Milan based
software company known as Hacking Team" in the years 2013, 2014, 2015,
2016. In case there is any difficulty in identifying the malware I'm
referring to, it is the software that Hacking Team were pleased call
"offensive security software".
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James Baldwin left an annotation ()
The applicant asked for a 'document that shows...how much it cost...to use' the software.
The AFP are saying that they do not have a document that shows this. The applicant didn't ask how much it cost to purchase/licence/obtain the software. He asked how much it cost to use it. There is a difference.
Dear FOI Contact Officer,
Many thanks for your decision letter of 5 January 2017.
Yours faithfully,
Mark R. Diamond
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Max L. Sutton left an annotation ()
Hi everyone, since the AFP won't publish the information, I will. Let's see here... The NSW police force spent 2.5 million in licensing. They also spent a collective 72 million in total. That should give you an estimate. The ADF gave Criterion Solutions 5 million for StingRays (fake mobile towers to suck up users info)
sources (note that i've used short urls because they're much much too long): - (ABC news https://tinyurl.com/nlbhj7v) - (source 2 SMH posted pricing: https://tinyurl.com/ox4yblt) - (the absolute original source: https://wikileaks.org/hackingteam/emails/ ) (use search function)
Mark R. Diamond left an annotation ()
For some of my thoughts about this request and the basis for its refusal, see my comments on the page about Gamma International's FinFisher spyware at https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/g...
Mark R. Diamond left an annotation ()
This request is related to an early request by Henare Degan (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/g... ) for information related to Gamma International's FinFisher software, and also to my own recent request for information about FinFisher (https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/g... ). As with the other requests, I expect that this one will be refused on the grounds of section 25 of the FOI Act.