Source: Sky ECC website
Police say they have disrupted Sky ECC, a global encrypted communications network allegedly used by numerous criminals to plan their operations.
Law enforcement authorities say Sky's cryptophone service, which includes both infrastructure and apps, is run from the United States and Canada, using infrastructure and private servers based in Europe as well as the service's own SIM cards. Sky ECC devices are available via various plans, with a six-month subscription running from $950 to $2,600.
Despite the service being encrypted, investigators in Belgium, France and the Netherlands say that since February, they have been monitoring 3 million messages exchanged daily by Sky ECC's 170,000 global users and disseminating intelligence to law enforcement agencies.