Cyberpoint International, a computer security startup based in Baltimore, has been celebrated by Maryland politicians as a positive force in the community, invited to join U.S. trade missions in Poland and Romania, and even won a special export license from the State Department to advise the United Arab Emirates. As the Washington Post reported, the license was granted to develop defensive cybersecurity capabilities.

So why is Cyberpoint listed as a "partner" to Hacking Team, the Italian company under fire for selling spyware used by repressive regimes across the world?

On Sunday, anonymous hackers published nearly 400 gigabytes of internal documents obtained from Hacking Team computers, revealing emails, product information and business development slides.