Hacker behind 'sting of the century' | Sunshine Coast Daily
Mafia, bikies and criminal gangs were in ruins after police launched their “sting of the century” – but it would’ve been impossible without one hacker.
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Mafia, bikies and criminal gangs were in ruins after police launched their “sting of the century” – but it would’ve been impossible without one hacker.
Mafia, bikies and criminal gangs were in ruins after police launched their “sting of the century” – but it would’ve been impossible without one hacker.
Hundreds of international criminals were tricked into using an encrypted messaging app secretly controlled by the FBI, exposing their drug smuggling, money laundering, and even planned hits to a sting operation, officials said Tuesday.
Before the takedown of another shadow encrypted app in March, there were 3000 active users of An0m. This surged to 9000 by May.
A major international police operation that saw 800 suspects rounded up in countries around the world began as an offshoot of a joint RCMP-FBI investigation into a Richmond company called Phantom Secure.