Robert McMillanNov 29, 2023
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

NEW: David Vincenzetti, the founder of spyware maker Hacking Team, has been arrested.

Vincenzetti is accused of attempted murder. He allegedly stabbed a relative at his home. A judge has ordered him to stay in prison as a precautionary measure, and has ordered a psychological evaluation, according to Italian media reports.

I'm honestly in shock. Hacking Team's story is still getting crazier, eight years after it got spectacularly hacked.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/founder-of-spyware-maker-hacking-team-arrested-for-attempted-murder-local-media/

Founder of spyware maker Hacking Team arrested for attempted murder: local media | TechCrunch

Italian authorities accuse David Vincenzetti, the former founder and CEO of spyware maker Hacking Team, of attempted murder.

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Nov 29, 2023 at 8:02pmWeb
Show threadMatt BlazeNov 29, 2023
@lorenzofb Whoa.
Show threadevacideNov 29, 2023
@lorenzofb This is not a twist I was expecting.
Show threadSteve BellovinNov 29, 2023
@lorenzofb I'd better watch out even more for strange messages in my email archives…
Show threadhko 😷🪁Nov 29, 2023
@SteveBellovin At first, I thought this was a joke screenshot. Now, I am looking at https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1994/Oct/
Bugtraq: by thread

Show threadSteve BellovinNov 29, 2023
@hko Not even slightly a joke… I have ~15 messages to/from Vincenzetti in my archives (and from that long ago, they're not complete)
Show threadhko 😷🪁Nov 29, 2023

@SteveBellovin it just seemed too bizarre to be true, at first sight (I am not at all familiar with the Buqtraq actors of that era).

(Now I suppose the message from your screenshot is https://seclists.org/bugtraq/1994/Oct/220)

Bugtraq: Re: Internet worm source code

Show threadSteve BellovinNov 29, 2023
@hko Yup.
Show threadAmit SerperNov 29, 2023
@lorenzofb that is nuts