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After Arrest, Founder of Bug-Selling Company to Stay

The founder of a controversial company that sells unpatched computer vulnerabilities says he'll remain on board.

By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)

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Preatoni had some harsh words for the press, which he said had failed to accurately report his case and had ignored his release from custody.

He was released from custody on Nov. 28. In an e-mail, he declined to comment further on the matter because the case is still open.

As Preatoni tells it, the case reads like the jacket notes from a John le Carre novel: "Probably, nobody will ever be able to picture it completely right," he wrote, "as it's a case involving a hundred of arrested people, the Italian Secret Services, the US Secret Services, some Italian corrupted police and financial police officers, some Italian and US investigation companies, a multi-billionaire struggle between Telecom Italia and Brasil Telecom, an extraordinary rendition (kidnapping) of a presumed Islamic terrorist, and last but not least, the suicide (but many say murder) of a Telecom Italia Security top manager."

 

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