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vodou
In Sweden, the EncroChat infiltration led to more than 1000 years of prison sentences.
amarant
Huh, I didn't know encrochat was a legit encrypted chat at first.

Someone told me once it was created as a ruse by the European police, made from the start as a way to take down criminal organisations.

Guess I shouldn't believe everything I'm told! TIL

bitwize
They may have confused it with ANOM, which was a government honeypot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOM

amarant
Ah yeah they did, I recall that calculator app thing from their tale as well.

That's a pretty well made honeypot I must say!

bitwize
Something tells me that criminal organizations are going to start retaining IT teams specifically to vet platforms like this. Organized crime probably already has significant IT; I seem to recall South American drug cartels using mainframes in like the 90s.
RCitronsBroker
there was one called SKY ECC in Europe that, similarly to ANOM, was a honeypot from the get go.
johnisgood
> He was identified from a photo he had sent via Encrochat showing his hands holding a block of Blue Stilton. Police were able to identify him via his fingerprints in the photo.

Nice.