Malta Hackers Sell Zero Day Flaws to Global Buyers
On the island of Malta, Italian hackers Luigi Auriemma and Donato Ferrante sell zero day exploits to governments and firms like the NSA and Iran's Revolutionary Guard, with brokers taking cuts. The market, driven by nations seeking cyber weapons, dwarfs traditional bug bounties as disclosures from Snowden and others reveal a global rush to exploit software flaws for espionage and disruption.
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