Broken E2EE apps and Balkan crime gangs

https://balkaninsight.com/2021/04/12/secure-comms-cracking-the-encrypted-messages-of-balkan-crime-gangs/

by aleks224 • 5 years ago

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aleks224• 5 years ago

Founded in 2008, Sky ECC surged in popularity after messages sent via another encrypted messaging service, EncroChat, were intercepted and decoded in a French and Dutch-led operation in mid-2020, leading to the arrest of over 800 people Europe-wide and the seizure of drugs, guns and large sums of suspect cash
French authorities had been investigating EncroChat since 2017, stepping up efforts in 2019 and secretly installing an implant on all EncroChat devices disguised as a system update. The implant caused the device to transmit all data that had not been erased to a French police server and to Europol and collected data created after the device had been compromised
For Balkan clients, there were three websites promoting the app in languages of the region – skyecceurope.com, skyeccbalkan.com, skyeccserbia.com.

Broken E2EE apps and Balkan crime gangs

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