When he became an FBI informer in 2019 he gave the US agency access to Anom and the FBI took full control of the system. Undercover agents introduced him to the Anom system and he subsequently recommended it to his associates in Australia, Turkey and other countries. And when Sky ECC – another encrypted messaging system – was taken down in March, a large number of its users migrated to Anom. Europol said on Tuesday that the takedown of Sky ECC in March was a strategic move to push its users onto the FBI-controlled Anom system. But the intelligence on the Anom system is now expected to lead to thousands of spin-off operations against organised crime in the months ahead.

Source: The Irish Times June 09, 2021 09:22 UTC