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Seth Hardy talks to CBC Radio about RATS

Senior Security Analyst Seth Hardy Seth Hardy was interviewed on CBC’s Day 6 radio programme about Remote Administration Tools, RATS, programs that can allow a hacker to take total control of any computer.

Morgan Marquis-Boire featured in article on restriction of German surveillance exports

German Deputy Prime Minister Sigmar Gabriel has announced that Germany will cease to export surveillance technology to a group of countries that includes Turkey, on the grounds that this technology is being used as a means to suppress the citizens of these countries.

Citizen Lab’s Morgan Marquis-Boire spoke to Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany’s largest daily paper) about the use of so-called “lawful intercept” technology as tools surveillance.

Citizen Lab research featured in coverage of BlackShades bust

In 2012, together with Eva Galperin from the EFF, Citizen Lab researchers Morgan Marquis-Boire and Seth Hardy identified the use of BlackShades in the targeting of opposition forces in Syria. This work has been featured in the recent coverage of the world wide “BlackShades busts” by the Washington Post, the Daily Beast, The Telegraph, and ThreatPost.