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From what I read in the Dutch news, they managed to crack about half the messages so far. That they haven't cracked them all indicates that it is not a vulnerab
by WJW 6y ago
From what I read in the Dutch news, they managed to crack about half the messages so far. That they haven't cracked them all indicates that it is not a vulnerability in the encryption itself. I suspect that the police managed to gain physical access to the servers and went from there. Opsec is really really hard.
Fun, unrelated story: apparently some of the intelligence operations managed to get their hands on the laptop of a target while it was at some maintenance store to get the screen replaced. They managed to install a physical keylogger inside it with its own radio, but hooked up to the laptops power supply. This is the kind of shenanigans you have to be aware of and defend against when you run a service like Sky ECC. The slightest slip up and you are doomed.
- wiz21c 6y agoIt'd be nice a to have police officer talk about this :-) But is it me or police techniques such as gaining physical access to criminals, flipping them to informers, close surveillance, etc. continue to be very efficient even in the face of quite good technology ?