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.
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