PARIS, Sept 19 — Police revealed Tuesday they had infiltrated and taken down an encrypted chat app called Ghost used by criminals across the world. The operation, coordinated by...
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The operation, coordinated by the European Union’s police agency Europol, is the latest in a string of takedowns of chat apps that have led to hundreds of criminal prosecutions.The market for encrypted chat apps is booming, with WhatsApp being the most widely known and popular service.But several features of the Ghost service, which first landed on the scene in 2021, made it much more appealing to criminals, according to Europol.
Europol said Ghost used servers “hidden away” in Iceland and France, its founder was in Australia, and the money trail led to the United States.“Across many months, and indeed hundreds of thousands of intercepted modes of communication, we’ve no evidence to suggest this was used by anyone other than criminal enterprises,” said Assistant Commissioner David McLean from the Australian Federal Police.
“This tool enabled drug trafficking, weapons dealing, extreme violence and money laundering on an industrial scale,” he said.Several other major apps have been taken down in similar operations in recent years.
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