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Roughly nine years ago, a 32-year-old unnamed cybercriminal made a mobile app named Ghost.
The criminal installed the app on modified smartphones, which they later sold to select individuals.
The criminal also maintained the app, pushing regular updates.
At one point, the police managed to infiltrate the developers infrastructure and taint an upcoming update.
Furthermore, the police said it thwarted 50 threatened acts of violence, or murder.
This is not the first time the police broke into a communications platform run by criminals.
ViaThe Register
