Anonops #14: All about control

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World Bank contract details to be published online in transparency push

Bank's capacity development arm promises to open its books on publicly funded contracts as part of global anti-corruption drive

Details of World Bank-financed contracts will be available online as part of a global initiative to fight corruption and get governments to disclose their deals with private companies.

Sanjay Pradhan, vice-president of the World Bank Institute – the capacity development branch of the World Bank – said the organisation would "walk the talk", ensuring its own contracts are disclosed while helping countries open their books. "We need to be credible partners to do this," he said.

The move will embolden the nascent Open contracting initiative, a global campaign to increase disclosure and participation in public contracting. Estimates suggest governments around the world spend $9.5tn (£5.8tn) a year contracting private companies to provide goods and services, but these deals are often shrouded in secrecy. In some developing countries, procurement can account for up to 70% of public spending.

Under the initiative, details and copies of contracts funded by public money will be online in a bid to reduce corruption and increase value for money.

"Corruption, opaque contracting processes and poor oversight of contract implementation are undermining results and citizens are paying the price in terms of schools not being built, environmental damage, bridges not fixed to standard and hospitals unable to offer necessary medicines," says the campaign, arguing that "creating a level playing field with transparent and fair contracting processes … benefits all of society – government, private sector and citizens."

Pradhan said the effort, which is backed by the World Bank Institute and the German government, fits into the bank's anti-corruption work and its broader "open development" agenda, both of which have support from the very top of the bank.

"It's inherent in our DNA that we cannot tolerate corruption, we cannot tolerate any kind of blemish to the reputation of the bank on the fiduciary side," said Pradhan. "It's a natural evolution for the World Bank and the bank needs to play a leadership role in this area."

The bank finances public contracts worth up to $13bn each year. It already publishes some information for its major contracts but would release further details under the Open contracting initiative, which aims for the disclosure of all relevant documents, from pre-award activities through to the awarding of contracts and the implementation of projects.

Pradhan said the bank would also disclose contracts for its central, corporate procurement and that the International Finance Corporation, the bank's private-sector lending arm, is phasing in new requirements to disclose contracts for extractive industries projects (video).

The initiative builds on recent efforts by some governments to increase transparency around contracts. Georgia, for example, publishes all information around public contracts, including correspondence around original bids and details of payments from the state treasury. This month the Afghan government disclosed hundreds of mining contracts online.

Yama Torabi, from Integrity Watch Afghanistan, an NGO that monitors reconstruction projects in the country, welcomed the move. "This is the first time we can see how our natural resources have been contracted to private companies. We can now look at whether this was done in the national interest, for the benefit of the people," he said.

Torabi, who was in Johannesburg this week for the first Open contracting global meeting, said it will take years to roll out the initiative, which must find a way to include information about sub-contracts. "We really need to see who's getting the money at the end of the chain," he said. He added that a lack of literacy skills, reliable electricity and internet access will in some areas limit the initiative's promise to strengthen public monitoring of contracts.

One of the biggest challenges in achieving full disclosure of contracts will be the resistance of companies that claim such moves violate commercial confidentiality. Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency International, said that although companies have the right to secrecy when contracting with each other, "different rules have to apply" when a government is party to a contract. Eigen added that confidentiality clauses are often overprotective and "sloppily written", and must be subject to scrutiny.

Increased transparency alone is unlikely to satisfy critics of the World Bank, who say the lender's procurement rules favour big companies from industrialised and emerging economies. "A lack of transparency in tendering, tendering in large lots, and restrictive eligibility criteria make it difficult for small and medium enterprises from developing countries to compete against large multinationals," said a group of civil society organisations (pdf) last month.

This year, the bank launched a separate review of its procurement policies, which is expected to lead to new rules in 2014.

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Operation ‘Vendetta’ has begun

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In the final scene of the film ‘V for Vendetta’ (2006), based on the graphic novel by Brits Alan Moore and David Lloyd, Evey Hammond, played by Natalie Portman, at the point of starting a civil revolution in the centre of London, states, in reference to the English parliament that “this country needs more than a building, it needs hope”.

Inspired by this revolt, Anonymous UK have organised their Operation Vendetta in front of the houses of Parliament for 5th November, which aims to remind the government that “if they put too much pressure on, revolution is inevitable” and that justice, impartiality and freedom “are more than just words”.

So that citizens do not put up with the abuse or forget the government cuts, Anonymous UK have organised this protest in front of Westminster to denounce the executive’s actions that have damaged society.

Before the march takes place, the organisation will develop different actions throughout the month of October in order to mobilise the people for their initiative.

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Israeli Police disconnects its computer network from the web to prevent cyber attack

Israel was facing an increasing number of cyber attacks, various government agencies have been under a cyber attack for a week. The attack results in extraordinary decision to disconnect all the police's computers from the Internet. The Israel police ordered all officers to disconnect their computer network from the web.

The police also issued a warning all relevant parties to avoid inserting external drives and CDs into any computer linked to the system.

. “The only reason for disconnecting the computers from the internet is the apparent concern that information would be leaked." says Roni Mecher, manager of the cyber field at Avnet Information Security.

. "This is not a simple thing to carry out, and it's only implemented in acute situations where there's genuine concern of leaking information and utilizing such a Trojan horse planted in the network, one way or another"

Currently, the investigation is underway to determine whether the malware successfully entered the computer network and whether any damage has been caused.

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Interviews with Hackers: Today, interview with PrOtOn_An0n

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Hello EHN Readers, Today we interviewed Anonymous Hacker "PrOtOn_An0n", who take down several Child porn sites. Recently, he take down 89 cp sites. You can find him here @PrOtOn_An0n

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Anonymous hacks 20 million accounts to promote Operation Jubilee



Anonymous hackers claimed that they compromise over 20 million user accounts worldwide this year to promote Operation Jubilee. Large community web sites were targeted to gain access to users' contact information. Many administrators denied that their databases were at risk while all their data was being downloaded. The reason for one of the largest hacking campaigns in history is to rally people to cancel debt and end the economic crisis.

Earlier this month Operation Jubilee came into public view after defacing several popular police forums. Members of the police forums received e-mail inviting them to join the Operation. News of the defaces spread quickly with the help of social media platforms. Until these events, Operation Jubilee was virtually unknown to the general population. Unbeknownst to the public, large web sites were already being attacked for months.



Operation Jubilee is a peaceful protest to take place on the 5th of November in front of Parliament in London. Millions of people have received e-mail messages containing the Rules of Engagement for the Operation. Controversy has sparked around the declaration that protesters will confiscate any weapons that are used against them. The Rules of Engagement state that anyone, protester or police, that causes violence will be subdued.
The stated goal of Operation Jubilee is to cancel all debt. Anonymous has become aware of the collective's potential for social change and is now actively pursuing campaigns for justice. The reason to cancel all debt is to end the economic crisis, end poverty, and cut off the financing for the wars.

The name Anonymous has become synonymous with hacking and protest, but it is difficult to define Anonymous. Many people think of it as an organization, but Anonymous is not organized anyone can become Anonymous by being Anonymous. Anonymous is the idea that anyone can become the change they want to see in the world by hiding their identity.

Recent Hacks under Operation Jubilee:
1.) Anonymous deface UK Police forum and Dating Portal
2.) #OpJubilee - Anonymous Hackers deface UK police forums

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"Look, the people you are after are the people you depend on: we cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us." -Tyler Durden, Fight Club

Greetings citizens of the world
Greetings citizens of Greece
We are anonymous.

The Greek government is prepared to testify to a vote in the Greek Parliament the new package of economic austerity measures of 13.5 billion euros which are expected to prolong the recession in Greece.

Under the austerity measures, pensioners have seen a 60 percent fall in their pensions - meaning their life savings are now less than half what they expected. Meanwhile, the government is considering more cuts, raising the retirement age and putting a cap on free healthcare provision of just ¤1,500 per person per year.

Greece used to have one of the lowest suicide rates in the EU but since 2010, the number of people taking their own lives has increased by 40 percent, with a large proportion from the older generation.

Sixty-eight percent of Greece's population living below the at-risk-of poverty rate (ie, having an income below 60 percent of the national median) were spending over 40 percent of their income on rent or mortgage payments.

More than 439,000 underage children are living below poverty level in Greece due to the ongoing crisis, according to a UNICEF report released on Oct. 16 on the occasion of the World Feed Day 2012 and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

The popularity of far right parties, including the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn, has risen in tandem.

Your goverment failed you.

Greek citizens, it's time to revolt. Do it while you can. Stick it to the Man. You must resist. We stand by your side.

We gained full access to the Greek Ministry of Finance. Those funky IBM servers don't look so safe now, do they...

We have new guns in our arsenal. A sweet 0day SAP exploit is in our hands and oh boy we're gonna sploit the hell out of it. Respectz to izl the dog for that perl candy. We retrieved confidential goverment documents, credentials etc.

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Citizens of Greece you are paying Banks and international hedge funds. They own your lives. Revolt before it's too late.

The austerity measures should not pass.

We need to say no more.

“We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.”

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Canadees parlement verbiedt dragen masker bij betoging

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Het Canadese parlement heeft woensdag een wetsvoorstel goedgekeurd waarin betogers die een masker dragen, kans lopen op een gevangenisstraf van maximaal 10 jaar. De wet werd uitgerekend in stemming gebracht tijdens Halloween, het in Canada uitbundig gevierde feest waarbij het dragen van een masker tot de goede gewoonten wordt gerekend.

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Auteursrechtenzaak levert recordboete op: tien pornofilms voor 1,5 miljoen dollar

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De zaak was voor Flava Works eenvoudig hard te maken. Met de code die in de video’s is verwerkt, konden de gedeelde films makkelijk naar de Amerikaan worden getraceerd. Bovendien heeft hij, door een betaald account af te sluiten bij het bedrijf, ingestemd met de gebruiksvoorwaarden van Flava Works, waarin staat dat het delen van gekochte films verboden is. De Flava-films die F. deelde zijn volgens Flava Works 3.449 keer gedownload.

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Veel van dit soort auteursrechtenzaken zijn de afgelopen tijd vroegtijdig afgebroken in de VS, omdat een federale rechter oordeelde dat een IP-adres niet genoeg was om iemand te veroordelen, terwijl veel zaken daar wel op gebaseerd zijn.

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Transcript Leaked Files ~~ “Facebook & Zynga” hacked | #Anonymous #OPmaZYNGA – Phase 1 – Started!

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Zynga customers and Facebook users , We are anonymous . During the last few days anonymous has been targeting Zynga for the outrageous treatment of their employees and their actions against many developers .

We have come to believe that this actions of Zynga will result in massive layoff of a thousand people and legal actions against everyone that speaks to the public about this plan.

It will also come to end of the US game market as we know it as all this jobs will be replaced in other more convenient financial countries.

With a billion dollars cash sitting in a bank we do believe that such actions are an insult to the population and the behaviour of corporations like Zynga must change.

Anonymous could not allow this to happen so it’s starting to release confidential documents we have leaked on this plan

As we speak we are planning to release also all the games we’ve taken from their servers for free.

That being said we will stop the idea of the distribution of such games if Zynga will cease immediately the plan.

The leaked strategy of Zynga , transcript:

Following the preliminary announced of this week the final strategy for the next two quarters has been successfully set to delivery by november 23 an additional but of 800 jobs with further raising of new capital from the market to support businesses.

We’ve identified our global gambling strategy with bwin.party and as we speak discussions are progressing with a partner to cover the US market.

Work is focused and on-going to completely outsource our development teams in our offices in Bangalore , India to hedge our position in the long term.

We’ve identified key new products from third parties such as Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime , Shove Prod and Music Invaders in which we are starting business contacts to buy these IP for transaction value of approximately 20 million.

We strongly believe we will conclude these deals this month and compete with this titles against mobile competitors with ease.

Our business continues to evolve and we must evolve with it. We operate in a exciting and challenging industry and I am very pleased that our senior leadership team continue to strengthen and develop with us.

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Op zaterdag 3 november 2012 11:43 schreef AchJa het volgende:
Het Project

Begin 2011 las filmmaker Peter Vlemmix een bericht over mobiele naakt-scanners in Nederlandse steden.
Voor hem het zoveelste bericht over de aantasting van privacy,
en het moment dat hij daar een film over wilde gaan maken.

Echter, filmen kost geld, en budget was er nauwelijks.
Maar door de geweldige belangeloze inzet van crewleden en een aantal sponsors,
is het stapje voor stapje gelukt om de docu verder te ontwikkelen.

Nu is hij af.

We hopen dat je hem cool vind.

Het team van Panopticon

http://panopticondefilm.nl/

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Skype verstrekt gegevens 16-jarige aan beveiligingsbedrijf

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Skype verstrekte persoonsgegevens van een 16-jarige jongen aan een bedrijf dat ermee naar de politie stapte.

Dat blijkt uit het dossier van het strafrechtelijk onderzoek naar de aanvallen op diverse financiële instellingen in 2010. NU.nl heeft dat dossier ingezien.

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De gang van zaken tijdens het onderzoek verbaast Gerrit-Jan Zwenne, hoogleraar recht en informatiesamenleving in Leiden en advocaat bij Bird & Bird te Den Haag.

"Opmerkelijk. Je zou verwachten dat abonnee-gegevens niet zomaar worden prijsgegeven. De gegevens moeten worden verstrekt als de politie een geldige vordering heeft, of als de rechter het opdraagt. Anders niet", vertelt hij aan NU.nl.

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exiledsurfer twitterde op zondag 04-11-2012 om 23:07:31 #Anonymous Remember, Remember, the 5th of November. RT @rober1236Jua: #OperationVendetta to enact end of V in London http://t.co/jieIEz2u reageer retweet

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Okay I am not entirely sure how subversive an event planned on Facebook can be, but the Operation Vendetta Facebook page has over 5,000 people confirmed to go. Almost another 2,000 likely to attended.

The event is scheduled for November 5, 2012. I have read different times on Twitter and Facebook, probably between 5 and 6 PM. A flyer that has been going around London for some time said Trafalgar Square but they are not that far apart.

This is clearly a serious effort by Anonymous UK, who ever they are. Last month an attack on the Conservative Foundation Web Site also mentioned details about the event. That post called on people to assemble at Trafalgar and move towards Parliament. It could be the largest flash mob in history. The idea seems to be to act out the closing sequences of the V for Vendetta movie, which included the exploding of Parliament. I profoundly doubt the halls of Parliament are going to be blown up, but I suspect someone will try to play the 1812 Overture.

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AnonymousWWN twitterde op zondag 04-11-2012 om 23:32:29 LIVE STREAMING ON THE 5TH OF NOVEMBER 6PM EXPECT US http://t.co/MtFtYVAB #OpVendetta Remember Remember the 5th of November #UK #Anonymous reageer retweet

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Anonymous hacking spree hits PayPal, Symantec

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The press arm for Anonymous has announced that it has begun its hacking spree for the 5th of November -- Guy Fawkes Day -- and claims to have dumped user and employee account information on accounts from PayPal, Symantec, Australian government Web sites and much more.

Monday's main focus seems to be an anti-surveillance protest -- as with the recent Anonymous October 20 protest -- with November 5th intent aimed at surveillance systems such as TrapWire and INDECT.

Trapwire and INDECT's opponents believe that the surveillance systems to be direct threats to privacy and certain civil freedoms and that their implementation could constitute human rights violations.

According to the various Anonymous Twitter accounts announcing the hacks and linking to document dumps, this is just the beginning of doc dumps and defacements for its day of protest. News of the protest is being shared on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Pastebin.

The hacktivists have also included in its Nov. 5th announcements tonight the hacking and defacement of Australian government sites, ImageShack and PayPal (claiming a zero day exploit), Ascension Australia, NBC.com and Lady Gaga's fan site (claimed for the spree by "Pyknic"), Saturday Night Live's Web site, Australian steel and mining company Arcelor Mittal, homewares website GiftNow, the Greek City website, the Ghana Consulate Web site, and claim to have leaked VMware ESX Server Kernel source code via twitter today.

Anonymous Australia seems to be the most active at this time.

At the same time, the press arm for Anonymous has announced -- via a press release on Pastebin -- that it is rallying the public for an in-person V For Vendetta protest at The Houses of Parliament, at 8 p.m. in London.

Protesters in Canada will get a rude surprise if they don Guy Fawkes masks -- because last week Canada's House of Commons approved a bill that bans people from hiding their faces during riots.

We're watching and following the developments as they happen.
And right now they're happening fast -- and furiously.

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Theurgia_Goetia twitterde op maandag 05-11-2012 om 11:39:12 Don't forget! #TYLER will be out today! Gather your leaks! #Anonymous reageer retweet

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SmileAndSubvert twitterde op maandag 05-11-2012 om 19:56:05 There's a good 200 - 300 people in Trafalgar Square for #opvendetta #opjubilee http://t.co/CGfyW7PJ reageer retweet

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politicshomeuk twitterde op maandag 05-11-2012 om 21:16:55 Police line closing parliament square at #Anonymous protest http://t.co/PkG94oXy reageer retweet

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savetheearth5 twitterde op dinsdag 06-11-2012 om 00:00:33 5th of November is trending :-)Cool one just before I say goodnight everybody!!! #5Nov reageer retweet

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november 5th #OpVendetta march on parliament - report & pics

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at 6pm, the steps of trafalgar square were full of masked anons, and numbers built up to spill into the square. police and "heritage wardens" watched as various square bye-laws were transgressed, with some commercial photography, lots of banners and protest, some singing, music and games, and even some fire-eating and juggling (all things prohibited by the bizarrely draconian rules covering this "private" public space).

at around 7.30, anons climbed the ledges around the base of nelson's column, and this then became the focus for the crowd, which at its peak might have numbered close to a thousand.

around 8pm, the group set off towards parliament, taking over whitehall to the familiar chants of "whose streets, our streets". along the way, they paused to allow a giant 'anonymous' banner and some disabled people to lead the protest into the square.

police formed a line, forcing people to pass around them. their idea seemed to be to prevent traffic disruption to certain routes, but it looked as though they had accepted that the main road in front of parliament would be closed and traffic was obviously being managed to facilitate this.

there was also a line of police along the fences and gates of parliament, and the crowd surged right up to them, with some people attempting to attach the anon banners to the fences.

there were some scuffles over by the abbey between masked protestors and a FIT team. this led to a sit-down at that corner, which resulted in traffic being turned back along the embankment and then managed again to avoid the square.

as two politicians were accompanied out of parliament, police surged forward to clear the pavement in front of parliament and there were some minor confrontations during that process.

there was also some scuffling and, i think, one arrest, when a small group of people tried to scale the fences.

otherwise, the proceedings remained cheerful, peaceful, and reasonably unhindered. however, my feeling was that the protest was being "facilitated" or tolerated, but the police had huge re-inforcements nearby, two helicopters above, and manifestly visible and audible attack dogs within the grounds of westminster, so were in complete control at all times.

numbers started to dwindle after 9pm, and it's been reported that legal observers left around 11pm as less than a hundred people remained outside parliament.

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D66 wil opheldering over opvragen persoonsgegevens Skype

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De Tweede Kamerleden Kees Verhoeven en Gerard Schouw (D66) willen opheldering van de ministers Opstelten (Veiligheid en Justitie) en Kamp (Economische Zaken) over het opvragen van persoonsgegevens door de overheid. Aanleiding is het nieuws dat videobeldienst Skype ongevraagd gegevens van een toen 16-jarige Nederlandse gebruiker aan het particuliere beveiligingsbedrijf iSIGHT zou hebben doorgespeeld.

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De zaak houdt verband met Operation Payback van internetcollectief Anonymous. Daarbij werden in 2010 de netwerken van onder andere PayPal en Mastercard platgelegd omdat zij weigerden de betalingen voor klokkenluiderssite WikiLeaks te verwerken. PayPal had Joep Gommers van iSIGHT ingehuurd om onderzoek te doen naar de aanvallen. Via een chatkanaal stuitte die op Nederlanders die bij de aanvallen betrokken zouden zijn, onder wie 'Jeroenz0r', die in december 2010 werd gearresteerd. Via Skype had Gommers inloggegevens en persoonsgegevens van de toen 16-jarige Nederlander te achterhalen, zo blijkt volgens nu.nl uit het politiedossier.

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MJM as Personified Evil Says Spyware Saves Lives Not Kills Them

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In the secretive world of surveillance technology, he goes just by his initials: MJM.

His mystique is such that other security professionals avoid using wireless Internet near him. MJM himself suggests that those he meets allay their paranoia by taking batteries out of their mobile phones.

MJM -- Martin J. Muench -- is the developer of Andover, U.K.-based Gamma Group’s FinFisher intrusion software, which he sells to police and spy agencies around the world for monitoring computers and smartphones to intercept Skype calls, peer through Web cameras and record keystrokes.

In the past year, the hacker-turned-executive has himself been under attack as the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings unravelled the cloak of secrecy he’d operated behind.

FinFisher’s once-elusive FinSpy tool has been exposed targeting activists from the Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain; decoded for the first time by computer-virus hunters; placed under export control by the U.K.; and traced to countries with poor human rights records, such as Turkmenistan in Central Asia.

As evidence mounts that repressive regimes routinely use surveillance gear to track and capture dissidents, FinSpy has been singled out as one of the most invasive weapons. The attention has subjected Muench to death threats, he says, and government scrutiny.

It’s against this backdrop -- which Muench, 31, calls a “witch hunt” -- that he’s decided to explain himself, opening his Munich offices to a journalist.

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Open Internet Tools Project

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Anonymous May Have Hacked Petraeus Mistress

Broadwell's personal email appears on a list of compromised accounts of the commercial intelligence firm Stratfor.

A Yahoo email account belonging to former CIA Director David Petraeus' mistress may have been compromised by the group Anonymous.

The personal email account, which other sources confirmed belongs to the writer and veteran at the heart of this week's Washington scandal, was revealed in the decentralized online group's publication of millions of email accounts of customers of the commercial intelligence company STRATFOR.

The email appears on a listing of accounts obtained by the group after they hacked and stole credit cards from the company. Anonymous also obtained email logins to STRATFOR's website — which potentially could have been used by Paula Broadwell for email or other secure sites — as well as correspondence.

It is not clear what, if any, information belonging to Broadwell may have been obtained by the Internet-based group, whose members style themselves "hacktivists" but whom authorities have pursued on a variety of charges.

Broadwell was reportedly under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly trying to obtain access to the retired general's classified emails.

Broadwell's account, a derivation of her name, was also tweeted by the author and has been posted alongside a posting advertising that she was looking to interview high ranking women in the military. A Washington, D.C. political operative also confirmed that he had corresponded with Broadwell on that account.