US EditionInternational Police Dismantle Encrypted Criminal Messaging Network 'Matrix'
- Authorities executed a coordinated operation across Europe, taking down the MATRIX messaging service with support from Eurojust and Europol.
- For three months, authorities monitored possible criminal messages to aid future investigations, according to Europol.
- Despite the sophistication of MATRIX's operators, Europol indicated that access to their messages was achieved, similar to previous platforms.
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French Take Down Encrypted Phone Network Linked to Murder of Dutch Journalist
French authorities, acting in partnership with other European police forces, have taken down another encrypted phone messaging network, Matrix, which was linked to the murder of Dutch crime journalist Peter R. De Vries in 2021. Europol, in a statement, said Matrix’s main servers in France and Germany were taken down on Dec. 3 and that a number of arrests were made across Europe. The agency said Matrix was “a messaging service made by criminals f…
·New York, United States
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It was an encrypted communication system used in particular by criminal groups involved in the international trafficking of drugs, weapons and money laundering.
·Strasbourg, France
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