Spanish spyware startup Mollitiam Industries shuts down

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Similar to other surveillance-for-hire firms, they used IP-logging links aimed at tracing their targets’ IP addresses,” read the report.“They also engaged in phishing and social engineering targeted primarily at people in Spain, Colombia and Peru, including the political opposition, journalists, anti-corruption activists and activists against police abuse.

Unlike Hacking Team, NSO Group, and now Paragon Solutions, Mollitiam Industries, which is based in Toledo, a town outside of Madrid, Spain, has mostly operated out of public view.

That malware was apparently developed by Mollitiam Industries, according to a photo of a contract between the National Army of Colombia (Ejército Nacional de Colombia) and Mollitiam Industries.