Comment by overfeed

> However, the fact that companies sell offensive cyber warfare software to governments is not new

Good thing the story is not about the companies or governments, but the journalists.

The "this is not new" / "everyone knew about this" middlebrow dismissal adds nothing to any conversation, and falsely equates all hacking incidents, but the real story is about the clients, their motivations and the victims who are always different.

> I'd like to know from this article was what was their motivation

Wouldn't we all? Meloni's office had no comment, but the article gave enough breadcrumbs about the reporting of the victims that one can make an educated guess.