Wirecard boss tried to buy hacking tools

Stefan Mileschin · 23rd July 2020, 08:57

Marsalek seemed to be pretending he was from Granada

Fugitive executive of the embattled payment startup Wirecard was mentioned in a brazen and bizarre attempt to purchase hacking tools and surveillance technology from an Italian company in 2013.

According to German weekly Der Spiegel, Austrian Jan Marsalek, who was the chief operating officer of the rising fintech company Wirecard, seems to have had a meeting with the infamous Italian surveillance technology provider Hacking Team in 2013.

Marsalek was described as an official representative of the government of Grenada, a small Caribbean island of around 100,000 people, in a letter that bears the letterhead of the Grenada government.

The documents were included in a cache published after Hacking Team was hacked in 2015. In recent days, Marsalek has been described as the 'world's most wanted man'.

It is unclear if Marsalek played any role in the attempt to procure hacking tools, or whether his name was simply used.

https://fudzilla.com/news/51214-wire...-hacking-tools

23rd July 2020, 08:57	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	Wirecard boss tried to buy hacking tools Marsalek seemed to be pretending he was from Granada Fugitive executive of the embattled payment startup Wirecard was mentioned in a brazen and bizarre attempt to purchase hacking tools and surveillance technology from an Italian company in 2013. According to German weekly Der Spiegel, Austrian Jan Marsalek, who was the chief operating officer of the rising fintech company Wirecard, seems to have had a meeting with the infamous Italian surveillance technology provider Hacking Team in 2013. Marsalek was described as an official representative of the government of Grenada, a small Caribbean island of around 100,000 people, in a letter that bears the letterhead of the Grenada government. The documents were included in a cache published after Hacking Team was hacked in 2015. In recent days, Marsalek has been described as the 'world's most wanted man'. It is unclear if Marsalek played any role in the attempt to procure hacking tools, or whether his name was simply used. https://fudzilla.com/news/51214-wire...-hacking-tools

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