CCC catches German state trojan

[Marc Nostromo [M-.-n]]

Makes me eager to come to Berlin :)

2011/10/10 K9 Kai Niggemann <kai at kainiggemann.com>

> German hacker community CCC (Chaos Computer Club) have obtained a trojan
> program that is used by German police/Verfassungsschutz to spy on suspects.
>
> they turn up that is is sloppily written, uses no encryption for the
> command-and-control part, creates a huge vulnerability for infected systems
> (that essentially anyone can exploit) and is able to load any software to
> the machine (something that was also ruled out by a court before).
>
> The RootKit we call "Bundestrojaner" or "Staatstrojaner" can record Skype
> calls, take intervallic screenshots (illegal), keylog (illegal), use mic and
> camera to eavesdrop (illegal) and much more...
>
> it's becoming a big stink since Spiegel has picked it up and keeps bouncing
> it back up to the main article on its online page:
>
> http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,790828,00.html
>
> but also other (even the pretty conservative FAZ.net) are giving it lots
> of attention.
>
> CCC says the trojan contains so many blatant stupidities that it should
> have been obvious to the office clerks of the quality control people. They
> also state that it's good news that no decent hacker is so free of ethics
> that s/he would work on that project and how the police had to resort to
> complete amateurs...
>
> Meanwhile, the Pirate party is at 9% in the imaginary question: "who would
> you vote for if the election were next sunday"...
>
> But will it go away? Am I too cynical when I think that it's just going to
> be more secretive from now on?
>
>
> Kai
>
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