{"id":1783,"date":"2021-06-08T10:43:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T08:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/08\/how-the-fbi-and-australian-police-gained-a-front-seat-view-of-underworld-workings-in-90-countries\/"},"modified":"2021-06-08T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T08:43:31","slug":"how-the-fbi-and-australian-police-gained-a-front-seat-view-of-underworld-workings-in-90-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/08\/how-the-fbi-and-australian-police-gained-a-front-seat-view-of-underworld-workings-in-90-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"How the FBI and Australian police gained a front seat view of underworld workings in 90 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

By cracking the ANoN app, police in Australia and the US struck a blow to organised crime, resulting in hundreds of arrests. Now, an FBI affidavit reveals how authorities were able to pull it off <\/p>\n

It was mid-2018 when a convicted narcotics importer met with FBI agents from San Diego and made them a tantalising offer: in exchange for a possible reduction in the importer\u2019s sentence on other charges, would the bureau like a backdoor into the encrypted communications of a vast network of international organised crime groups?<\/p>\n

The importer had invested a \u201csubstantial amount\u201d of money in developing an encrypted device which could be used by criminals around the world to avoid the detection of police.<\/p>\n

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\nBy cracking the ANoN app, police in Australia and the US struck a blow to organised crime, resulting in hundreds of arrests. Now, an FBI affidavit reveals how authorities were able to pull it off
\nIt was mid-2018 when a convicted narcotics importer met with FBI agents from San Diego and made them a tantalising offer: in exchange for a possible reduction in the importer\u2019s sentence on other charges, would the bureau like a backdoor into the encrypted communications of a vast network of international organised crime groups?
\nThe importer had invested a \u201csubstantial amount\u201d of money in developing an encrypted device which could be used by criminals around the world to avoid the detection of police. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By cracking the ANoN app, police in Australia and the US struck a blow to organised crime, resulting in hundreds of arrests. Now, an FBI affidavit reveals how authorities were able to pull it off It was mid-2018 when a convicted narcotics importer met with FBI agents from San Diego and made them a tantalising …<\/p>\n

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