The Bayelsa state government paid close to one hundred million naira to an Italian firm, Hacking Team, to hack computers and phones in Nigeria, new information emerging from the firm’s leaked internal data has shown.

Hacking Team, notorious for equipping governments with tools to hack citizens’ computers and phones, was itself hacked Sunday night and 415 gigabyte of internal data leaked to the public.

Researchers have been pouring through the leaked documents since it was first leaked Sunday night, throwing up many shocking details of the firm’s secret dealings with Bayelsa state and other repressive governments, including Sudan, Russia, and Bahrain.

Full story here: http://www.gosippme.com/2015/07/bayelsa-governor-hires-worlds-most.html

Four more days to go before I confirm this story as fact.

Unbelievable

For what use? To hack what facility? Sigh

On the front page since yesterday.

https://www.nairaland.com/2439900/bayelsa-governor-hires-worlds-most