While there are a lot of “outsourced” malware-as-a-service and hacking-as-a-service outfits out there, the majority have law enforcement somehow embedded in some part of the supply chain or are a complete honeypot run by governments to entrap criminals. Beware outsourcers bearing gifts.

The “encrypted” Swiss phone of choice by narco traffickers (and others) in the 1980s run by the CIA:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_AG