Inside the Italian Mafia’s Encrypted Phone of Choice

A collaborative investigation reveals alleged members of the mafia are using encrypted phones from "No. 1 Business Communication." The company is linked to a high profile American businessman, a Ukrainian technologist, and multiple convicted criminals.

UK Proposes Making the Sale and Possession of Encrypted Phones Illegal

The Home Office says it wants to target “bespoke” devices used for crime, but critics say it is unclear what a bespoke device is.

Dutch Police Read Messages of Encrypted Messenger 'Exclu'

After reading supposedly secure messages for five months, authorities then arrested the alleged owners and some users of Exclu.

Ciphr, Encrypted App That Served Organized Crime, Rebrands as Enterprise Software

Ciphr became a tool of choice for international drug traffickers before deciding to close last year. Now, the company behind Ciphr is back with a new app called "Mode."

Anom: FBI-Messenger führt mutmaßliche Drogenbande zur Anklage

16 mutmaßliche Mitglieder einer Drogenbande, die den FBI-Messenger Anom nutzten, müssen sich schon bald vor Gericht verantworten.

FBI's Backdoored Anom Phones Secretly Harvested GPS Data Around the World

Documents reviewed by Motherboard, including thousands of pages of Anom messages, show that the FBI's backdoored Anom phones collected more data than the content of messages.

Operation Ironside: Hacker half FBI bei “sting of the century”

Ein Hacker, der einst selbst für Kriminelle tätig war, wird als die treibende Kraft hinter der Operation Ironside genannt.

MPC und Phantom Secure: Blutige Geheimnisse einiger Telefonanbieter

Das Geschäft abgesicherten Handys wie von MPC und Phantom Secure z.b. boomt. Egal ob bei Drogenkartellen, Mafia Bossen oder Biker-Gangs

USA: FBI wollte Backdoor in Phantom Secures Smartphones einbauen lassen

Der Inhaber von Phantom Secure wurde festgenommen. weil er seine verschlüsselten Smartphones an Banden und Drogenkartelle ausgeliefert hat.

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