Tykelab is an italian information technology, part of the Cy4Gate group along with RCS.
Founded in 2010, Tykelab main focus is network surveillance.
Specifically, Tykelab, uses dozens of rented or vulnerable phone networks, often on remote Pacific islands, to send tens of thousands of secret “tracking packets” to devices around the world. Targeting people in countries including Libya, Nicaragua, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Iraq, Mali, Greece and Portugal – as well as in Italy itself.[1]
Tykelab does this by exploiting longstanding but frequently unfixed vulnerabilities in global phone networks which make it possible for third parties to see phone users’ locations, and potentially intercept their calls, without any record of compromise being left on their devices.[2]
This company is also listed on Surveillance Watch.
