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If you go to their store page, you'll see their side of the story. Basically they say that the hack clients were sideloaded / modified versions. Which if you
by novok 6y ago
If you go to their store page, you'll see their side of the story. Basically they say that the hack clients were sideloaded / modified versions. Which if you think about it, might be the way the police cracked the network.
"Sky ECC platform remains secure and our authorized devices have not been hacked.
There have been recent news articles that claim Sky ECC has been hacked and is involved in criminal activity. This information is not accurate. We have looked into these claims and discovered that a small group of individuals illegally created and distributed an unauthorized version of Sky ECC which they modified and side-loaded onto unsecure devices. Security features that come standard with the Sky ECC phones were eliminated in these bogus devices. ..." [0]
[0] https://store.skyecc.com/ https://store.skyecc.com/
- tomc1985 6y agoYeah, but do you actually trust them to be honest? Pretty much every company responds to this kind of stuff with "nothing to see here, move along"
- mike_d 6y agoDo you trust the police to be honest? Sowing confusion with bold claims of compromise will lead criminals to not believe encrypted platforms are not secure and not use them, instead using easier to intercept methods of communication.
- tomc1985 6y agoI don't. In fact I don't believe any kind of PR, really, as that whole exercise is more about telling a favorable story than actually informing on anything. But those bold claims of compromise are backed up by a large, international, and simultaneously-executed roundup of the service's users, who from the likes of it all had Sky ECC in common. Also, the last time this happened was when Encrochat was compromised? That wasn't even all that long ago.