Did Hacking Team design software that could plant child porn on suspects' PCs?

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Hacking Team code uploaded to Github references 'child porn evidence fabrication tools'

Code uncovered and pasted to Github following the devastating attack on Hacking Team, the security software company that sells surveillance tools to governments and security agencies around the wor...

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