Private company
Hacking Team
Logo: Hacking Team, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Italian information technology company
Hacking Team was a Milan-based information technology company that sold offensive intrusion and surveillance capabilities to governments, law enforcement agencies and corporations. Its "Remote Control Systems" enabled governments and corporations to monitor the communications of internet users, decipher their encrypted files and emails, record Skype and other Voice over IP communications, and remotely activate microphones and camera on target computers.2 It ceased to exist in 2020.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryinformation technology1
- HeadquartersItaly1
- Websitewww.hackingteam.com
- Legal formsocietà a responsabilità limitata1
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Hacking Team was a Milan-based information technology company that sold offensive intrusion and surveillance capabilities to governments, law enforcement agencies and corporations. Its "Remote Control Systems" enabled governments and corporations to monitor the communications of internet users, decipher their encrypted files and emails, record Skype and other Voice over IP communications, and remotely activate microphones and camera on target computers.2
Products and brands
- software
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.hackingteam.com1
- WikipediaHackingTeam
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ17020270
Sources
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- 1WikidataHacking Team on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHacking Team on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsHacking Team logo by Hacking Team, Public domain