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9 Mar,
16 tweets, 6 min read
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βThe operation was concentrated on taking down the Sky ECC infrastructure, dismantling the distribution network & seizing the criminal assets of the distributors."
17 tonnes of cocaine & β¬1.2 million seized in major police operation in Belgium
brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-aβ¦
βThe operation was concentrated on taking down the Sky ECC infrastructure, dismantling the distribution network & seizing the criminal assets of the distributors."
17 tonnes of cocaine & β¬1.2 million seized in major police operation in Belgium
brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-aβ¦
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"The cracking of the expensive messaging app called Sky ECC was what allowed over 1,500 police officers across Belgium to be simultaneously deployed in at least 200 raids."
Cracking of encrypted messaging service dealt major blow to organised crime brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-aβ¦
"The cracking of the expensive messaging app called Sky ECC was what allowed over 1,500 police officers across Belgium to be simultaneously deployed in at least 200 raids."
Cracking of encrypted messaging service dealt major blow to organised crime brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-aβ¦
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"The operation is targeting organised crime, including not only drug traffickers themselves but also informants, money launderers, and people who have accepted bribes..."
Police crack down on drug trafficking in major operation 2 years in the making brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-aβ¦
"The operation is targeting organised crime, including not only drug traffickers themselves but also informants, money launderers, and people who have accepted bribes..."
Police crack down on drug trafficking in major operation 2 years in the making brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-aβ¦
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The Dutch are elite - glad they're on our side!
"From mid-February 2021, this encrypted traffic could be read live. The Sky ECC server was taken offline today and seized by the Dutch authorities."
The Dutch are elite - glad they're on our side!
"From mid-February 2021, this encrypted traffic could be read live. The Sky ECC server was taken offline today and seized by the Dutch authorities."
https://mobile.twitter.com/KoosCouvee/status/1369330467229536259
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"Over the past 3 weeks authorities have been monitored live traffic on the encrypted chat service SkyECC, which lead police & the financial crimes inspectorate FIOD to raid 75 properties..."
Dutch cops take out encrypted chat service SkyECC; 30 arrests
nltimes.nl/2021/03/09/dutβ¦
"Over the past 3 weeks authorities have been monitored live traffic on the encrypted chat service SkyECC, which lead police & the financial crimes inspectorate FIOD to raid 75 properties..."
Dutch cops take out encrypted chat service SkyECC; 30 arrests
nltimes.nl/2021/03/09/dutβ¦
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Related to the other big cocaine busts.
Related to the other big cocaine busts.
https://mobile.twitter.com/KoosCouvee/status/1369333727772475408
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Encrochat was the encrypted communications provider
that got infiltrated by EU law enforcement and taken offline in June 2020. This then drove customers to Sky ECC.
Encrochat was the encrypted communications provider
that got infiltrated by EU law enforcement and taken offline in June 2020. This then drove customers to Sky ECC.
https://mobile.twitter.com/josephfcox/status/1369287966049247237
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They seem to like this strategy. Like in 2017, after the largest darknet market (Alphabay) got shut down. Anxious customers then flocked to the 2nd largest (Hansa).π
After AlphaBayβs Demise, Customers Flocked to Dark Market Run by Dutch Police
krebsonsecurity.com/2017/07/after-β¦
They seem to like this strategy. Like in 2017, after the largest darknet market (Alphabay) got shut down. Anxious customers then flocked to the 2nd largest (Hansa).π
After AlphaBayβs Demise, Customers Flocked to Dark Market Run by Dutch Police
krebsonsecurity.com/2017/07/after-β¦
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"Dutch police detail for the first time how they secretly hijacked Hansa, Europe's most popular dark web market."
Operation Bayonet: Inside the Sting That Hijacked an Entire Dark Web Drug Market
wired.com/story/hansa-duβ¦
"Dutch police detail for the first time how they secretly hijacked Hansa, Europe's most popular dark web market."
Operation Bayonet: Inside the Sting That Hijacked an Entire Dark Web Drug Market
wired.com/story/hansa-duβ¦
Come back in, the water's fine.
"The company is claiming to Motherboard, essentially, that law enforcement or someone else advertised and sold phones loaded with counterfeit apps."
Encrypted Phone Firm 'Sky': Someone Sold Compromised Versions of Our App vice.com/en/article/epdβ¦
"The company is claiming to Motherboard, essentially, that law enforcement or someone else advertised and sold phones loaded with counterfeit apps."
Encrypted Phone Firm 'Sky': Someone Sold Compromised Versions of Our App vice.com/en/article/epdβ¦
Interesting that they're sticking with the denial.
Sky ECC denies police have βcrackedβ encrypted messaging platform
zd.net/2ODxTd0
Sky ECC denies police have βcrackedβ encrypted messaging platform
zd.net/2ODxTd0
So, what's the story?π€
"By successfully unlocking the encryption of Sky ECC, the information acquired will provide insights into criminal activities and will assist in expanding investigations and solving serious and cross-border organised crime."
"By successfully unlocking the encryption of Sky ECC, the information acquired will provide insights into criminal activities and will assist in expanding investigations and solving serious and cross-border organised crime."
https://twitter.com/Europol/status/1369700490590748672
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"Police say they have opened hundreds of cases relating to money laundering, corruption, arms trafficking, and violent crime."
When Sky ECC fell, so too did Belgian crime lords
brusselstimes.com/belgium/159176β¦
"Police say they have opened hundreds of cases relating to money laundering, corruption, arms trafficking, and violent crime."
When Sky ECC fell, so too did Belgian crime lords
brusselstimes.com/belgium/159176β¦
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"Both lawyers have defended clients in drug-related cases in the past, including ones of some notoriety, and both are alleged to have been supplying encrypted phones to the criminal underworld."
Lawyers among those arrested in crackdown organised crime brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-aβ¦
"Both lawyers have defended clients in drug-related cases in the past, including ones of some notoriety, and both are alleged to have been supplying encrypted phones to the criminal underworld."
Lawyers among those arrested in crackdown organised crime brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-aβ¦
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"One is a member of the DOT team, or drug support team, and the other is his wife, who also works for Antwerp police."
Two Antwerp police officers arrested in connection with organised crime brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-aβ¦
"One is a member of the DOT team, or drug support team, and the other is his wife, who also works for Antwerp police."
Two Antwerp police officers arrested in connection with organised crime brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-aβ¦
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