30.01.2015 - 15:43 [ globalvoicesonline.org ]

Chinese Police Are Buying Spyware — And Posting Their Purchase Orders Online

Beijing Times found the purchase order on the website of the Wenzhou district police department, took a screen capture of the order, and posted it on social media with a brief explanation of its origins. The purchase order includes two items: software for injecting trojans onto mobile phones, and a trojan for spying on mobile phone conversations, text messages, and image messages on Android and for jail breaking an iPhone.