European police have cracked another 'secure' exchange app messages and telephones and arrested 42 criminals.
According to a statement from the Dutch police, Europol arrested 42 suspects and seized guns, drugs and millions in cash after another encrypted online messaging service used by criminals to collude was breached.
The police raided 79 establishments in Belgium Germany και την Ολλανδία μετά από έρευνα που ξεκίνησε τον Σεπτέμβριο του 2020 και οδήγησε στο σπάσιμο της κρυπτογράφησης της υπηρεσίας Exclude Messenger.
Exclu is the latest encrypted online chat service to be unlocked by law enforcement. In 2021 researchers broke into the Sky E.C.C. – another “secure” application used by criminal gangs.
After police and prosecutors broke into Exclu's encrypted communications system, they were able to read messages exchanged between criminals for five months before the raids.
Those arrested include users of the app, as well as its owners and controllers, their statement said. The strange thing is that Exclu's page is still online and continues to advertise its product for 900 euros per semester.
The police of France, Italy, Swedens, as well as Europol and Eurojust.
The police raids revealed at least two εργαστήρια ναρκωτικών, μία εγκατάσταση processingς κοκαΐνης, πολλά κιλά ναρκωτικών, τέσσερα εκατομμύρια ευρώ (4,3 εκατομμύρια δολάρια) σε μετρητά, πολυτελή είδη και όπλα.
