Specific populations over a period of time. >> reporter: a former employee, we are not naming out of safety concerns, tells cnn's the project's operatives constantly create new online identities using tools called anonymizers along with virtual private networks and varying cloud services to mask their origin. >> i don't think there is anything that we have established at this point that's going to fundamentally deter them from continuing this kind of operation because, frankly, it's been successful. >> reporter: a kwording to the criminal complaint, lata is part of a sprawling empire controlle...