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Following backlash, Coinbase to give former Hacking Team employees the boot

The San Francisco-based exchange Coinbase announced on March 4 it had agreed to part ways with several new employees holding a particular grisly distinction: Namely, that they previously worked for the incredibly shady Italian spyware company Hacking Team.

Hacking Team, for those not in the know, has been accused of selling spyware to governments with dismal human rights records.

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