Dutch authorities just announced they hacked and have now taken down the server of Sky ECC, an encry

[Budi]

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Dutch authorities have just announced they hacked and have now taken down the server of Sky ECC, an encrypted messaging app widely used by criminal groups.
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https://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuws/2021/03/09/nieuwe-klap-voor-georganiseerde-misdaad

Another blow to organized crime
News release | 09-03-2021 | 16:46

Again, a large-scale international investigation (Argus) has provided detailed insight into the encrypted communication of criminal organizations. Investigation services have managed to access hundreds of millions of messages from Sky ECC users.

From mid-February 2021, this encrypted traffic could be read 'live'. The Sky ECC server was taken offline today and seized by the Dutch authorities.

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The Argus investigation has thus hit organized crime hard. International organizations involved in large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering, violent settlements, etc. are completely dependent on protected communication. The users think they are safe and think they will stay away from the police and the judiciary. The Sky ECC platform promised its users a secure global network.

Operation Argus follows the Lemont investigation, in which in 2020 the investigative services were able to read 'live' about the shoulders of large numbers of criminals who used EncroChat.

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Damn! Dutch Spies Rule!

[Karadeniz]

1. Yay! I assume we wasted years being underfunded and uninterested. Glad someone's govt was

Functional!