For nearly 3 years, an encrypted app used by criminals was covertly monitored by the FBI and Australia's Federal Police

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"....leading to hundreds of arrests and tens of millions of dollars in asset seizures, authorities revealed on Tuesday.

In a statement, the AFP said they and the FBI had been reading the clandestine communications of criminals since 2018 on the ANoM app -- a black-market product only accessible on specially prepared mobile phones.

"Operation Ironside," as the investigation was named, began three years ago as a collaboration between several global law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the AFP, New Zealand police and Europol."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/08/australia/afp-fbi-anom-app-operation-ironside/
 


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