https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-cyber-mercenaries-exclusive/exclusive-obscure-indian-cyber-firm-spied-on-politicians-investors-worldwide-idUSKBN23G1GQ
By Jack Stubbs, Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing
Reuters.com
June 9, 2020
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A little-known Indian IT firm offered its hacking
services to help clients spy on more than 10,000 email accounts over a period
of seven years.
New Delhi-based BellTroX InfoTech Services targeted government officials in
Europe, gambling tycoons in the Bahamas, and well-known investors in the United
States including private equity giant KKR and short seller Muddy Waters,
according to three former employees, outside researchers, and a trail of online
evidence.
Aspects of BellTroX’s hacking spree aimed at American targets are currently
under investigation by U.S. law enforcement, five people familiar with the
matter told Reuters. The U.S. Department of Justice declined to comment.
Reuters does not know the identity of BellTroX’s clients. In a telephone
interview, the company’s owner, Sumit Gupta, declined to disclose who had hired
him and denied any wrongdoing.
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