This notorious Russian surveillance tech maker has been hacked - could it be the end for Protei?

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• Hackers stole 182GB of Protei data, including years of email correspondence
• Protei builds DPI and SORM surveillance tools for governments and telecom operators worldwide
• Attackers defaced site, signaling opposition to Russia’s surveillance ecosystem

Protei, a Russian company suspected of selling surveillance gear to nation-states, was recently hacked and had gigabytes of company data stolen.