FBI Secretly Ran an Encrypted Messaging App to Catch Criminals

More than 800 suspected criminals around the world were arrested this week as part of a global law enforcement operation called Operation Trojan Shield/Greenlight. Since 2019, global law enforcement officials, including the FBI, had closely monitored messages between criminal gangs that were being sent through the encrypted messaging app: ANOM. None of the criminals were aware they were being tricked, and that their messages were being copied and looked over by the FBI, reported Europol, who was also part of the operation.