"Italian authorities are holding the founder of WabiSabiLabi, an
eBay-like online marketplace for buying and selling zero-day
vulnerabilities.
However, the arrest of Roberto Preatoni, reportedly on charges
related to a well publicized Italian spying scandal, has not affected
the organization's day-to-day operations, according to a statement
released by the Switzerland-based group.
WabiSabiLabi confirmed in the statement that Preatoni had been
arrested, but said it could not comment on the case. According to press
reports, Preatoni has become involved in a corporate spy scandal along
with a group of penetration-testing employees at his former company.
“From newspaper reports, we presume the arrest relates to
events in 2003-04 when his former company was hired by Telecom Italia's
security division to safeguard Italia's interests and are unrelated to
WabiSabiLabi in any way,” the organization said Thursday in a
statement. “Roberto Preatoni is well known for his terrific
contribution to information security and civil liberty (sic) and we are
confident that his innocence will be established if a case ever comes
to court.”"
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