Appin was an Indian cyberespionage company started in 2003 and operated until 2022 when it closed. In 2012, the British government's trade department inducted Appin to a global entrepreneur programme.[1][2]

In November 2023, Appin lawyers filed a lawsuit against Reuters, claiming that the news agency had engaged in a “defamatory campaign.”[3] On December 4, 2023, Reuters temporarily removed an article about the company's “hack for hire” services, “How an Indian startup hacked the world,” to comply with a Delhi district court order, though Reuters reiterated that it stood by its reporting.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Satter, Raphael; Bing, Christopher (2022-06-30). "How mercenary hackers swat litigation battles".
  2. ↑ Wild, Franz (11 May 2022). "Inside the global hack-for-hire industry". Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 20 Nov 2023.
  3. ↑ Omar, Rashid (December 7, 2023). "Forced To Pull Story On Indian Firm's Alleged Global Hacking Operation, Reuters To Fight Court Order". The Wire.
  4. ↑ Masnick, Mike (December 7, 2023). "Indian Court Orders Reuters To Take Down Investigative Report Regarding A 'Hack-For-Hire' Company". Techdirt.


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