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Government To Name 'Key Witness' Who Provided FBI With Backdoored Encrypted Chat App Anom

An anonymous reader shares a report: A lawyer defending an alleged distributor of Anom, the encrypted phone company for criminals that the FBI secretly ran and backdoored to intercept tens of millions of messages, is pushing to learn the identity of the confidential human source (CHS) who first crea...

An anonymous reader shares a report: A lawyer defending an alleged distributor of Anom, the encrypted phone company for criminals that the FBI secretly ran and backdoored to intercept tens of millions of messages, is pushing to learn the identity of the confidential human source(CHS) who first created Anom and provided it to the FBI starting the largest sting operation in history, according to recently filed court records. The Anom case, called Operation Trojan Shield, implicated hundreds of criminal syndicates in more than 100 countries. Anom also snagged specific significant drug traffickers like Hakan Ayik, who authorities say heads the Aussie Cartel which brought in more than a billion Australian dollars in profit annually.

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