Dark Basin: Uncovering a Massive Hack-For-Hire Operation

We thank the many targets that have helped us during the past three years. Without your diligence and effort this investigation would not have been possible. We have special gratitude for the journalists and media outlets for their patience We also personally thank several targets in particular for incredible efforts to help us identify malicious messages and investigate this case: Matthew Earl of ShadowFall, Kert Davies of the Climate Investigations Center, and Lee Wasserman of the Rockefeller Family Fund. We thank our colleagues at NortonLifeLock for their hard work. The sheer scale of activities like Dark Basin makes collaboration essential. We thank those that have requested to not be named, including TNG. You know who you are, and your hard work inspires us. Special thanks to Citizen Lab colleagues, especially Adam Senft, Miles Kenyon, Mari Zhou, and Masashi Crete-Nishihata. Many thanks to Peter Tanchak. Thanks to The Electronic Frontier Foundation, especially Eva Galperin and Cooper Quintin.