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How Police Secretly Took Over a Global Phone Network for Organized Crime
Police monitored a hundred million encrypted messages sent through Encrochat, a network used by career criminals to discuss drug deals, murders, and extortion plots.
Encrypted Phone Network Says It's Shutting Down After Police Hack
Encrochat's customers include hitmen and drug gangs across Europe.
Europe's Far Right Is Recruiting From the Military and Police to Get More Weapons
Far-right groups are trying to build up their combat skills and capitalize on new recruits' expertise in surveillance, a new report warns.
This Fugitive Allegedly Faked His Own Death to Chill in a $3.4 Million Castle
A clear lesson in what not to do after faking your own death.
U.S. and European cops just torpedoed Islamic State’s online propaganda machine
"We have punched a big hole in the capability of ISIS to spread propaganda online."
Volunteers Are Helping Europol Geo-Locate Child Abuse Images
In June, the European Union's law enforcement agency launched a crowdsourcing project to identify items in child abuse images. Online sleuths have already matched plenty of localized objects.
Wannacry Cyberattack is Only The Beginning, Experts Warn
Experts are seeing evidence that more sophisticated variants are being deployed. “The question is how widespread it will be.”
The Strange Case of a Hacked Dark Web Child Porn Site Just Got Stranger
Europol confirms it has documents related to Giftbox, a dark web child abuse site that was recently used to deploy a Tor Browser zero-day exploit.
Authorities Just Shut Down One of the World’s Largest Malware Networks
More than 800,000 domains were seized, sinkholed , or blocked in 'Operation Avalanche', an effort by law enforcement authorities and researchers in 30 countries.
FBI Hacked Computers in Australia as Part of Global Child Porn Sting
The list of countries the FBI hacked computers in just keeps growing.
FBI's Mass Hack Hit 50 Computers in Austria
Revelations that the 'Operation Pacifier' child porn investigation extended to Austria too shows the extent of the FBI's reach overseas.