Government-Sponsored Spyware

Summary The rise of government-sponsored spyware is examined through the eyes of two young Moroccan activists and the team of innovative hackers who uncovered the foreign government tracking their every move online. During production of this episode, the commercial spyware company behind the malicious software was itself hacked, revealing countless secrets about the lucrative business of selling spyware to oppressive regimes that track dissidents, activists and journalists.

S1.E2 ∙ Government-Sponsored Spyware

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Maggie Gyllenhaal Olivier Bancoult David Vine Richard Gifford

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Genres : Documentary Reality-TV

Release date : Jan 28, 2016

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Network Site series website

Language : English

Production companies : Luminant Media

Summary The rise of government-sponsored spyware is examined through the eyes of two young Moroccan activists and the team of innovative hackers who uncovered the foreign government tracking their every move online. During production of this episode, the commercial spyware company behind the malicious software was itself hacked, revealing countless secrets about the lucrative business of selling spyware to oppressive regimes that track dissidents, activists and journalists.

Details

Genres : Documentary Reality-TV

Release date : Jan 28, 2016

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Network Site series website

Language : English

Production companies : Luminant Media

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