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'''Sky ECC''' is a Canadian-based [[communications network]] and [[service provider]].<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=bt-antwerp-lawyers-among-those-arrested-in-crackdown-organised-crime>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=lm-en-belgique-le-reseau-de-communication-sky-ecc-infiltre-par-la-police></ref>
==Phones==
Phones supplied by the company had cameras, microphones and [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] disabled.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/> Messages were encrypted and were automatically deleted after thirty seconds.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/><ref name=bt-antwerp-lawyers-among-those-arrested-in-crackdown-organised-crime/> If a user entered a "panic" password, the device would delete its' contents.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/><ref name=bt-antwerp-lawyers-among-those-arrested-in-crackdown-organised-crime/> The company website offered a $4 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (€4.2 million [[Euro]]) prize to anyone who could break the encryption.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/><ref name=bt-antwerp-lawyers-among-those-arrested-in-crackdown-organised-crime/>
==Raids==
On 9 March 2021 around 1600 Belgian police carried out about 200 raids and arrested 48 people and seized €1.2 million in cash as well as 17 tonnes of cocaine.<ref name=bt-17-tonnes-of-cocaine-and-e1-2-million-seized-in-major-drug-bust-in-belgium-sky-ecc-encrypted-software-organised-crime-the-netherlands>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Those arrested included lawyers and members of the Hells Angels.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/><ref name=bt-antwerp-lawyers-among-those-arrested-in-crackdown-organised-crime/>
[[Federal prosecutor's office (Belgium)|Federal prosecutor]] Frédéric Van Leeuw said that "The operation was concentrated on taking down the Sky ECC infrastructure, dismantling the distribution network and seizing the criminal assets of the distributors" and "as many Sky ECC devices as possible" were seized from identified users.<ref name=bt-17-tonnes-of-cocaine-and-e1-2-million-seized-in-major-drug-bust-in-belgium-sky-ecc-encrypted-software-organised-crime-the-netherlands/>The federal prosecutor said about the encryption that "We succeeded. We will send Sky ECC the account number of the federal police".<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/>
Belgian and Dutch authorities were alleged to have been able to access the network from 15 February 2021 up to shortly before the raids.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/><ref name=nlt-dutch-cops-take-encrypted-chat-service-skyecc-thirty-arrests/>
Raids in the Netherlands were part of Operation Argus, the followup to the Lermont operation used to take down [[Encrochat]].<ref name=nlt-dutch-cops-take-encrypted-chat-service-skyecc-thirty-arrests>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==Dispute==
Sky ECC disputed claims that their servers and app had been compromised, claiming that they were aware of a fake "Sky ECC" app being available on unsecure phones.<ref name=nlt-encrypted-chat-service-sky-ecc-denies-hacked-dutch-cops>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Anonymity networks]]
[[Category:Cyberspace]]
[[Category:Dark web]]
[[Category:Law enforcement operations]]
==Phones==
Phones supplied by the company had cameras, microphones and [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] disabled.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/> Messages were encrypted and were automatically deleted after thirty seconds.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/><ref name=bt-antwerp-lawyers-among-those-arrested-in-crackdown-organised-crime/> If a user entered a "panic" password, the device would delete its' contents.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/><ref name=bt-antwerp-lawyers-among-those-arrested-in-crackdown-organised-crime/> The company website offered a $4 million [[United States dollar|USD]] (€4.2 million [[Euro]]) prize to anyone who could break the encryption.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/><ref name=bt-antwerp-lawyers-among-those-arrested-in-crackdown-organised-crime/>
==Raids==
On 9 March 2021 around 1600 Belgian police carried out about 200 raids and arrested 48 people and seized €1.2 million in cash as well as 17 tonnes of cocaine.<ref name=bt-17-tonnes-of-cocaine-and-e1-2-million-seized-in-major-drug-bust-in-belgium-sky-ecc-encrypted-software-organised-crime-the-netherlands>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Those arrested included lawyers and members of the Hells Angels.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/><ref name=bt-antwerp-lawyers-among-those-arrested-in-crackdown-organised-crime/>
[[Federal prosecutor's office (Belgium)|Federal prosecutor]] Frédéric Van Leeuw said that "The operation was concentrated on taking down the Sky ECC infrastructure, dismantling the distribution network and seizing the criminal assets of the distributors" and "as many Sky ECC devices as possible" were seized from identified users.<ref name=bt-17-tonnes-of-cocaine-and-e1-2-million-seized-in-major-drug-bust-in-belgium-sky-ecc-encrypted-software-organised-crime-the-netherlands/>The federal prosecutor said about the encryption that "We succeeded. We will send Sky ECC the account number of the federal police".<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/>
Belgian and Dutch authorities were alleged to have been able to access the network from 15 February 2021 up to shortly before the raids.<ref name=bt-cracking-of-sky-ecc-encrypted-messaging-service-brings-down-organised-crime-lords/><ref name=nlt-dutch-cops-take-encrypted-chat-service-skyecc-thirty-arrests/>
Raids in the Netherlands were part of Operation Argus, the followup to the Lermont operation used to take down [[Encrochat]].<ref name=nlt-dutch-cops-take-encrypted-chat-service-skyecc-thirty-arrests>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==Dispute==
Sky ECC disputed claims that their servers and app had been compromised, claiming that they were aware of a fake "Sky ECC" app being available on unsecure phones.<ref name=nlt-encrypted-chat-service-sky-ecc-denies-hacked-dutch-cops>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Anonymity networks]]
[[Category:Cyberspace]]
[[Category:Dark web]]
[[Category:Law enforcement operations]]
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