Encrochat malware operation INVOLVES Encrochat
The operation targeted Encrochat's infrastructure and devices.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 105 Details
“the French police got a warrant to access the data center and Encrochat’s server”
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Encrochat malware operation INVOLVES Encrochat
The operation targeted Encrochat's infrastructure and devices.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 105 Details
“the French police got a warrant to access the data center and Encrochat’s server”
Sky fake-device operation INVOLVES Sky ECC
The suspected fake-device operation concerned Sky phones and applications.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 105 Details
“These weren’t the official Sky chat apps that were supposed to be secure.”
Sky fake-device operation INVOLVES supply chain attack
Jack characterizes the suspected interception and compromise of devices before sale as a supply-chain attack.
Derived Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 105 Details
“I would call this a supply chain attack.”
Phantom Secure takedown INVOLVES Phantom Secure
The Phantom Secure takedown concerned the company and its encrypted-phone operation.
Derived Confidence 91% · Jack Rhysider EP 105 Details
“the feds took it down in 2018”
Phantom Secure USES PGP
Phantom Secure devices provided PGP-encrypted email.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Cox EP 105 Details
“custom PGP-encrypted e-mail software”
No claim extracted; Signal is described as using end-to-end encryption, but the episode does not identify that encryption as PGP.
Phantom Secure USES BlackBerry
Phantom Secure took BlackBerry phones and customized them for its service.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Cox EP 105 Details
“take a BlackBerry, load it with sort of custom PGP-encrypted e-mail software”
Phantom Secure USES remote wipe
Phantom Secure offered customers the ability to remotely wipe data from phones.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Joseph Cox EP 105 Details
“They also introduced a feature where you can remotely wipe what was stored on the phone.”
MPC's operators used Ennetcom before deciding to create their own encrypted-phone company.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Joseph Cox EP 105 Details
“They did use Ennetcom for a while”
Sky ECC USES remote wipe
Sky advertised self-destruct messaging functionality.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 105 Details
“The website lists the features of the phone, saying it’s got a self-destruct messaging capability”
Encrochat USES remote wipe
Encrochat devices included wipe functionality.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Joseph Cox EP 105 Details
“It also had a wipe functionality.”
Shane Sonderman ASSOCIATED_WITH Federal Bureau of Investigation
No claim extracted; the FBI investigated and arrested Shane but did not operate him.
JW swatting incident ATTRIBUTED_TO Shane Sonderman
The FBI identified the person who swatted JW as seventeen-year-old Shane Sonderman from Memphis, Tennessee.
Attributed Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“the guy responsible was a seventeen-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee named Shane Sonderman”
Mark Herring swatting incident ATTRIBUTED_TO Shane Sonderman
The episode says the same attacker who swatted JW also swatted Mark Herring, and identifies that attacker as Shane Sonderman.
Attributed Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“the person who swatted Mark Herring was the same person who swatted JW and his friend”
“the guy responsible was a seventeen-year-old from Memphis, Tennessee named Shane Sonderman”
QWK DEVELOPED_BY Mark Herring
The episode states that Mark Herring developed the QWK protocol.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Imposter EP 106 Details
“he eventually developed a QWK protocol”
Mark Herring swatting incident INVOLVES Mark Herring
The false emergency was directed at Mark Herring's home and impersonated him.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“That was not Mark Herring who made this call”
Andrew Finch swatting incident INVOLVES Swatting
The incident was caused by a false 911 call that sent police to an unrelated house.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“Tyler had sort of a history of doing this to people, so he took the $1.50 bet and called 911 and impersonated Shane”
JW swatting incident INVOLVES JW
The swatting incident occurred at JW's home and was directed at him and his family.
Explicit Confidence 99% · JW EP 106 Details
“The police are here”
“I’ve been swatted”
JW swatting incident INVOLVES Swatting
JW's home was targeted through a false emergency call that caused an armed police response.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“someone spoofed his phone number, impersonated him, and gave his name and address and reported a false emergency”
Mark Herring swatting incident INVOLVES Swatting
A fake 911 emergency caused police to conduct an armed response at Mark Herring's house.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“That’s what a swatting call looks like”
Andrew Finch swatting incident INVOLVES Tyler
Tyler made the false 911 call and impersonated Shane, leading police to the wrong address.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“Tyler ... called 911 and impersonated Shane”
“Shane had given Tyler the wrong address”
JW swatting incident INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation
JW and the other victims opened a case with the FBI and supplied it with evidence.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“they also opened up a case with the FBI, and they’re feeding the FBI information”
JW swatting incident INVOLVES online harassment
The incident was part of harassment directed at JW and his family over his username.
Explicit Confidence 99% · JW EP 106 Details
“I know where you live and I’m going to continue to harass you and your wife and your children”
Mark Herring swatting incident INVOLVES phone-number spoofing
The caller impersonated Mark Herring during the false emergency call.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“That was not Mark Herring who made this call. That was someone in the UK.”
Mark Herring swatting incident INVOLVES Federal Bureau of Investigation
The fake emergency and additional evidence were reported to the FBI as part of its investigation.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 106 Details
“The police found no dead woman in the house or pipe bombs, and figured out this was a fake emergency and notified the FBI”