Digitaler Waffenhandel: Wie Staaten Sicherheitslücken und Exploits kaufen

[Netzpolitik] In den letzten Jahren ist der ehemals schwarze Markt für Sicherheitslücken und Exploits zum Tummelplatz für staatliche Institutionen geworden. Das amerikanische Wirtschaftsmagazin Forbes hat nun eine der sonst nicht gerade öffentlichkeits-geilen Firmen dahinter porträtiert und eine Preisliste für Exploits veröffentlicht.
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Meet The Hackers Who Sell Spies The Tools To Crack Your PC (And Get Paid Six-Figure Fees)
[Forbes] At a Google-run competition in ­Vancouver last month, the search giant’s famously secure Chrome Web browser fell to hackers twice. Both of the new methods used a rigged ­website to bypass Chrome’s security protections and completely hijack a target computer. But while those two hacks defeated the company’s defenses, it was only a third one that actually managed to get under Google’s skin.

Chaouki Bekrar, says his company never had any intention of telling Google its secret techniques—certainly not for $60,000 in chump change.
We wouldn’t share this with Google for even $1 million,” says Bekrar. “We don’t want to give them any knowledge that can help them in fixing this exploit or other similar exploits. We want to keep this for our customers.”

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