[arista]

[Hundreds of people have been
arrested and murder plots thwarted after
criminal gangs were duped into using
an app being watched by police around the world.
A joint investigation led by the FBI, Europol and
Australian Federal Police (AFP) saw US officials
take control of an encrypted messaging app
called ANOM in 2018.
The plan was conceived after the FBI took down
a previous secure app
favoured by criminals - Phantom Secure.
It saw ANOM downloaded on to special mobile
phones that were then bought my criminals
on the black market, with the
encrypted messaging service hidden
within the calculator feature.
Police forces worldwide were then able to
access 27 million messages - exposing the
work of organised crime syndicates in
more than 100 countries, Europol's
deputy director of operations said on Tuesday.]


https://news.sky.com/story/hundreds-...olice-12327609

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-57394831