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Published: March 15th, 2021 Canadian charged as encrypted network allegedly used by criminals disrupted, equipment from Huawei and others called risky to US networks, and updates for Chrome browser, Netgear and Linux. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday March 15th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.   The chief executive and a former distributor of a Canadian firm that allegedly installed sophisticated encryption software in smartphones used by criminals for communications have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury. Jean-Francois Eap ...

Men linked to Canada-based company indicted in major US drug investigation A federal grand jury in San Diego has indicted two men linked to a Canadian company on racketeering and drug charges over allegations they helped import and distribute narcotics around the world through the sale of encrypted communications devices. The US Justice Department says the indictment alleges that devices from Canada-based Sky Global are designed to prevent law enforcement from monitoring the communications between members of transnational criminal organizations involved in drug trafficking and money launderin...

Source: Sky ECC website Authorities in the U.S. have extended the international police crackdown against the Sky ECC cryptophone service by indicting both the parent company's CEO and its main distributor. Jean-François Eap, CEO of Sky Global, and Thomas Herdman, who authorities say distributed Sky Global devices until December 2020, have both been charged with a conspiracy to violate the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, aka RICO, by running an "illicit secret communications network" for criminals. They have also been charged with a conspiracy to distribute control...

The executive says the indictment highlights the “vilification” of anyone “who takes a stance against unwarranted surveillance.”

Judges refuse EncroChat defendants’ appeal to Supreme Court Experts suggest Parliament and Investigatory Powers Tribunal need to consider the implications of a court decision on police use of data from the EncroChat phone network Share this item with your network: By Published: 15 Mar 2021 14:25 Judges have refused defendants leave to challenge the admissibility in UK courts of message communications collected by French cyber police from the encrypted phone network EncroChat.   The Court of Appeal ruled on 3 March 2021 that there was no “point of law of general public importance”...