Tag: ccc

  • Government trojan found on German computers

    Four states admit the use of spyware. Controversy has arisen in Germany, after the well-known CCC hacker group reported that it had found a trojan that was used to spy on behalf of law enforcement agencies. The malware, which has since been given the names ‘R2D2’, ‘0zapftis’, and more informally, ‘Bundestrojaner’ (‘Federal trojan’), shares many…