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Meet the cyber mercenaries – and the activists trying to stop them

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Meet the cyber mercenaries – and the activists trying to stop them

Activists have accused governments of misusing hacking tools to surveil journalists and campaigners

By James Cook

21 January 2021 • 6:00am

A shady character selling various tech devices and spy kit (illustration)

Secretive businessmen have established a thriving global market for hacking tools

It's a shadowy $12bn (£8.8bn) industry, which Microsoft President Brad Smith warned last month is booming - and poses a grave threat to both governments and business....

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