AP Govt’s attempts buy phone tapping equipment:WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks revealed that AP Government is negotiating with
vendors in USA, to purchase phone
tapping equipment. WikiLeaks said that Andhra Pradesh State Government has held
discussions with and IT consultancy company for purchase of phone tapping
equipments. Source said that AP intelligence staff held discussions with Ortus Company
in this regard.
The Andhra Pradesh Police Intelligence Unit was looking into
buying cellular interception hardware solutions at a potential cost of $1-1.2
million in June 2015 reveals.
It said that WikiLeaks revealed the e-mails between a
Hyderabad based consulting company Ortus Consulting and Hacking Team, a US
based surveillance company, have come out in the latest tranche of emails
leaked be WikiLeaks. These emails reveal conversation between the ortus
representative Prabhakar Kasu and Daniel from Hacking Team. The government is
prepared to pay Rs.7.5 Crore toward this end.
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