FBI-led global crime bust leads to more than 800 arrests - Tons of arrests from the land of Kiwis to Europe and everything in between

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FBI-led global crime bust leads to more than 800 arrests​

FBI-controlled AN0M app ensnares scores of alleged criminals in global police sting

What is the AN0M app and how was it used to catch Kiwi criminals?​


Hundreds arrested globally after joint U.S.-Australian organized crime sting​


Seems like it was a massive gay op that ensnared people from Australia and New Zealand to Europe. I expect there’ll be more arrests.
 
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This is really funny:

The application was an encrypted platform run by law enforcement agencies.

It was sold on the black market and people could only get access to it if they were referred to a seller through an existing criminal user, or had a distributor who could vouch they were not working for law enforcement, News Corp reported.

The platform included a mobile phone stripped of the majority of its functions and could only do three things: send messages, distort voices and take videos.


According to News Corp, in Australia handset and subscription packages cost between AU$1500 and AU$2500. Customers did not need to sign up with their real names and some paid in Bitcoin

They paid the police for the platform that allowed them to be arrested.
 

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This all appears to be very low level stuff. Makes me wonder what else is going on. We have to assume there's multiple other pretend encryption apps out there.

Why was this so publicised, especially the details. Are they wanting criminals to not trust any apps they use?
 

spinal gas chamber

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This all appears to be very low level stuff. Makes me wonder what else is going on. We have to assume there's multiple other pretend encryption apps out there.

Why was this so publicised, especially the details. Are they wanting criminals to not trust any apps they use?
Evidence gathering methods had to be released so the app was busted. If you’re losing that, and it’s giving you a bunch of info to do your job, what would you do?

You could ignore it. Or…

…you could embrace it and a) do a victory lap about how people paid you to arrest them and b) make every one of your targets paranoid about services you haven’t compromised

What’s the right choice?
 

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