Английская Википедия:Appin (company)
Appin was an Indian cyberespionage company started in 2003 and run by brothers Rajat and Anuj Khare. Although it initially started as a cybersecurity training firm, by 2010 the company had begun providing hacking services for governments and corporate clients.[1] In 2013, a report by Shadowserver Foundation publicly attributed several hacks of high-profile organizations to Appin.[2] The company offered "ethical hacking" to prospective clients.[3]
The firm rebranded in 2022 and its employees went on to form other similar firms including CyberRoot Risk Advisory and BellTroX InfoTech Services. Appin hacked into private computers for state security agencies and private investigators.[4][5][3][6][7] In November 2023, Appin lawyers filed a lawsuit against Reuters, claiming that the news agency had engaged in a "defamatory campaign."[8] On December 4, 2023, Reuters temporarily removed an article about the company's "hack for hire" services, "How an Indian startup hacked the world," to comply with a Delhi district court order, though Reuters reiterated that it stood by its reporting.[9][10][11] In February 2024, Wired reported that lawyers for Appin and a related entity called the Association for Appin Training Centers
have filed lawsuits and made legal threats against more than a dozen news organizations.[12]
External links
- A PowerPoint slide with Appin surveillance proposals provided to a Swiss private investigator on Nov. 22, 2010[3]
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