Australian Federal Police and FBI nab underworld figures using encrypted app
What we've learned is only what was in Austrlia's piece of the cake, given they started their day already. New Zeland had theirs already, too. I imagine thousands of arrests are still happening worldwide and several press conferences are going to be held today. Looking at the seal of the operation (<a href="https://www.anom.io/trojan_shield_seal.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://www.anom.io/trojan_shield_seal.jpg</a>), following countries participated in the operation:
Canada, Australia, US, Sweden, The Netherlands, Lithuania, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Austria, UK, New Zeland, Estonia, Scotland, Germany, Denmark.<p>I expect this to be bigger than Panama Papers. Way bigger. I expect a few prominent politicians to be soon either arrested  or "convinced" to step down. I expect the US to have gained a lot of intel and leverage over those from the countries who did <i>not</i> participate in this. We will absolutely <i>not</i> learn about everything they discovered. CIA will and the respective intelligence agencies will.<p>EDIT: Europol will hold their conference live on YouTube at 10 AM CST: <a href="https://twitter.com/janoorth/status/1402164252266409987" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/janoorth/status/1402164252266409987</a><p>EDIT 2: given how Serbia was in the top 4 of messages sent, I really hope that the info gathered will help Interpol fight child trafficking and exploitation in the EU.<p>From the VICE article (<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgkwj/operation-trojan-shield-anom-fbi-secret-phone-network" rel="nofollow">https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgkwj/operation-trojan-shie...</a>) quoted elsewhere here:<p>"Additionally, the review of Anom messages has initiated numerous high-level public corruption cases in several countries. The most prominent distributors are currently being investigated by the FBI for participating in an enterprise which promotes international drug trafficking, money laundering, and <i>obstruction of justice</i>."<p>"Late Monday, the FBI said that it would be holding "a news conference announcing a massive worldwide takedown based on the San Diego FBI’s unprecedented investigation involving the interception of encrypted communications" on Tuesday."