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FBI sold phones to organized crime and read 27 million “encrypted” messages

Enlarge / A digital Trojan horse. (credit: Getty Images | posteriori) The Federal Bureau of Investigation created a company that sold encrypted devices to hundreds of organized crime syndicates, resulting in 800 arrests in 16 countries, law-enforcement authorities announced today. The FBI and agencies in other countries intercepted 27 million messages over 18 months before […]