The FBI read millions of illicit chats in a global sting operation that netted hundreds of arrests. Here's everything we know.
On Tuesday, global law enforcement officials revealed details of Operation Trojan Shield, which involved the FBI partnering with the Australian Federal Police, Europol, and other agencies across 17 countries to monitor the devices. Since late 2019, users had been discussing everything from how to conceal cocaine in pineapples to fees for collecting contraband dropped overboard from a ship, not realizing all their messages were being unencrypted and stored by the feds.
groups. In exchange, the FBI gave the informant $120,000 plus living and travel expenses and the opportunity for reduced prison time. Anom devices had just one working app — an encrypted messenger, disguised as a calculator. Partnering with the Australian Federal Police, the FBI and their informant built a master key into the encryption system that attached to each message without the user’s knowledge.
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