Police raids around world after investigators crack An0m cryptophon app

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Eric Garland
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Jun 7, 2021
"Drug deals and other criminal groups in the UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the US were sending messages on an encrypted communications network, unaware that IT WAS BEING RUN BY THE FBI." 😂🤣😂🔥🤣⚖️

Police raids around world after investigators crack An0m cryptophon...
Police in sixteen countries have launched multiple raids after intercepting the communications of organised criminal groups in the biggest police hacking operation undertaken to date. Drug deals a...
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Eric Garland
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"Criminals, described by the police as high-level targets, spoke openly on the platform...

The project, codenamed Operation Ironside by the Australian police, was the equivalent of carrying out 20 years of policing in only two months, said Ryan."


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5:48 PM · Jun 7, 2021

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The An0n network was cracked by a technical expert of Australian Federal Police (AFP), who developed a “trojan horse app” that was able to decrypt messages and read them in real time.

The Australian Federal Police said that investigators were able to monitor 25 million messages from criminal groups involved in drug trafficking, money laundering and murder.

Nick Ryan, assistant commissioner told news.co.au that investigators had “insight into every criminal’s dealings.”

Criminals, described by the police as high-level targets, spoke openly on the platform about drug offending, money laundering and murders.

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Sources told The Age the FBI had been in control of Anom and the AFP were monitoring communications there for an extended period, yielding enormously valuable intelligence before the platform was completely shut down on Tuesday.

Organised crime dealt ‘heavy blow’, says PM, after global police sting cracks open ‘encrypted’ app
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says organised crime has been dealt a heavy blow after a cross-border law enforcement operation yielded mass raids and arrests using intelligence from a compromised...
theage.com.au
4:39 PM · Jun 7, 2021

https://www.theage.com.au/national/mass-raids-arrests-across-australia-after-police-sting-dismantles-encrypted-app-used-by-criminals-20210607-p57yya.html

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says organised crime has been dealt a heavy blow after a cross-border law enforcement operation yielded mass raids and arrests using intelligence from a compromised encrypted communications app relied on by organised crime figures to avoid police surveillance.

The ambitious operation penetrated An0m, an encrypted service that has emerged as a rival to the Ciphr network also favoured by criminals worldwide, and allowed police to covertly monitor a vast trove of communications about the global drug trade and other illegal activities.

More than 220 people have been arrested on 526 charges across Australia and 3.7 tonnes of drugs, 104 weapons, and $45 million in cash were allegedly seized in the operation involving more than 4000 police officers.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the operation, codenamed Ironside, was a “heavy blow” against organised crime, which has used encrypted communications to hamper authorities since the rise of the technology in recent years.

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2. Dag

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3. Any republican Congressmen or -women snared?