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Australia’s “Operation Kraken” seizes over $6 million in crypto from alleged Ghost mastermind

The AFP arrests a 32-year-old man during a raid at his home in New South Wales Seizing the crypto was made possible after the AFP cracked the suspect’s seed phrase The arrest marks the second under Operation Kraken The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has seiz…

2024-10-02 20:03

Europol Shuts Down Major Phishing Scheme Targeting Mobile Phone Credentials

Law enforcement authorities have announced the takedown of an international criminal network that leveraged a phishing platform to unlock stolen or lost mobile phones. The phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform, called iServer, is estimated to have claimed mo…

2024-09-20 12:58

Ghost bust: How the cracking of an Australian criminal messaging network dealt a blow to Ireland’s biggest drugs gang

Infiltration of ‘The Family’ by police investigating the encrypted Ghost app will heap pressure on the Ballyfermot-based gang

2024-09-20 11:00

Cops across the world arrest 51 in orchestrated takedown of Ghost crime platform

Italian mafia mobsters and Irish crime families scuppered by international cops Hours after confirming they had pwned the supposedly uncrackable encrypted messaging platform used for all manner of organized crime, Ghost, cops have now named the suspect they c…

2024-09-18 12:16

The 'socially awkward' karaoke lover who allegedly created an app for the underworld

The AFP says Jay Je Yoon Jung seemed surprised when he was arrested in a dawn raid. For nearly a decade he had operated the Ghost app with relative anonymity.

2024-09-18 07:47

AFP modified software updates of encrypted platform to gain covert access

Accessed content of communications, helped in global takedown.

2024-09-18 03:00

Australian man charged over allegedly creating app for criminal underworld

An Australian man has been arrested and charges over allegedly running an encrypted communications network tailored specifically for the use of criminal organisations.

2024-09-17 11:32