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How the FBI Ran Its Own Texting App to Catch Criminals

How the FBI Ran Its Own Texting App to Catch Criminals

FromCYBER


How the FBI Ran Its Own Texting App to Catch Criminals

FromCYBER

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jun 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It’s basically the FBI’s greatest fantasy come to life: Owning an operating an encrypted communications company exclusively used by some of the world’s most hardened and organized criminals.“Anom” the subscription based network operated by the feds, was used as the ultimate spy tool that gave an almost godlike view of organized crime to FBI agents who watched users discuss murder, drug deals, and millions of dollars worth of criminal activity. And it all came to a screeching halt this week when a coordinated law enforcement effort around the world took down its customer base.Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox is on the show to talk in more details about the latest takedown by the FBI.
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Released:
Jun 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Ben Makuch talks every week to Motherboard reporters Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Joseph Cox about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity.