Crime Syndicate Busted Using Anom Messaging App
In this video I cover how the Anom Messaging app was compromised to arrest hundreds of people around the world. archived article about security issues with anom https://archive.is/oH1I8
In this video I cover how the Anom Messaging app was compromised to arrest hundreds of people around the world. archived article about security issues with anom https://archive.is/oH1I8
The criminals texted each other about drug deals and money laundering, confident in special encrypted devices using a platform dubbed Anom. There was just one problem for the crime rings: The FBI was being copied on every message — millions of them worldwide. In fact, the agency had sent the Anom devices into the black market in the first place.
Those are the details and allegations that are now emerging about Operation Trojan Shield, an international effort coordinated by the FBI that has resulted in more than 800 arrests.
“Not using email has some big disadvantages in a world where that’s the way everyone else around you is communicating. But it has one big advantage: if you’re under investigation.”