Hack-for-hire operation

Hack-for-hire operations are services that provide clients with illicit access to information by infiltrating digital systems or networks, typically for a fee. Unlike surveillance companies that supply clients with intrusion software, these vendors typically carry out hacking operations on customers’ behalf. This form of hacking on demand has seen a surge in popularity over recent years, with the trend being attributed to advancements in technology, growing digital connectivity, heightened demand for corporate espionage and personal data breaches, increasingly privatized national security, and weak accountability mechanisms. Victims of these attacks have included governments, journalists, human rights defenders, political opponents, business rivals, lawyers, ordinary Internet users, and more.

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