Can Cyber Mercenaries and Human... (Bill Marczak, Cooper Quintin, Eva Galperin)
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BSidesSF 2025 panel with Citizen Lab and EFF researchers on how nation states use cyber mercenaries to spy on activists, journalists, and civil society. Discusses technical infrastructure of mercenary spyware operations and potential regulatory and market solutions.
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