Indian hackers in demand as ‘Hack-for-Hire’ companies compromise VIPs phones, emails globally: Report

“The British and the whole world … are using Indian hackers,” said an Indian hacker who claims that he has hacked more than 500 email accounts, mostly on behalf of his corporate intelligence clients. He says that he is a player in the flourishing cybercrime industry that steals secrets from people around the world.

An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the Sunday Times has revealed that Indian hackers are being hired in Britain to target businesses, journalists and politicians. As per the report, these illegal “hack-for-hire” gangs infiltrate the emails and phones of VIPs around the world.

The report notes that most of the hackers involved in this business started with ethical hacking. The undercover reporters talked to one hacker who claimed that Computer “offensive work” – the term used for hacking – was much better paid than “defensive work” protecting systems.