Operation Trojan Shield INVOLVES ANOM
Operation Trojan Shield was the FBI operation involving ANOM phones.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 105 Details
“This was dubbed Operation Trojan Shield in the FBI, and their ANOM phones”
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Also: Anom operation
FBI operation involving ANOM phones used as a law-enforcement honeypot to collect criminal communications.
FBI operation involving ANOM phones used as a law-enforcement honeypot to collect criminal communications.
“This was dubbed Operation Trojan Shield in the FBI”
“ANOM phones were able to collect 27 million messages”
Worldwide law-enforcement operation built around the FBI-operated Anom platform and resulting arrests.
“This investigation, called Operation Trojan Shield”
“the Anom operation”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | INVOLVES | ANOM | Explicit | 105 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | ANOM | Explicit | 146 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Honeypot | Derived | 105 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Attributed | 146 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Australian Federal Police | Explicit | 146 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Department of Justice | Explicit | 146 |
| outgoing | USES | Parallel construction | Derived | 146 |
| incoming | RELATED_TO | EncroChat hack | Explicit | 146 |
| incoming | RELATED_TO | Sky hack | Explicit | 146 |
| incoming | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Mass surveillance | Explicit | 146 |
Operation Trojan Shield INVOLVES ANOM
Operation Trojan Shield was the FBI operation involving ANOM phones.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 105 Details
“This was dubbed Operation Trojan Shield in the FBI, and their ANOM phones”
Operation Trojan Shield INVOLVES Honeypot
The campaign used ANOM as a covert honeypot to collect evidence from users.
Derived Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 105 Details
“a honeypot created entirely by the FBI”
Operation Trojan Shield INVOLVES ANOM
Operation Trojan Shield is identified as the worldwide operation involving Anom devices and services.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Randy Grossman EP 146 Details
“This investigation, called Operation Trojan Shield, shined a light into the shadowy industry of hardened encrypted devices.”
Operation Trojan Shield ASSOCIATED_WITH Federal Bureau of Investigation
The operation is described as a San Diego-based FBI investigation.
Attributed Confidence 90% · Randy Grossman EP 146 Details
“This was an unprecedented operation”
Operation Trojan Shield INVOLVES Australian Federal Police
The campaign involved the Australian Federal Police as an international partner in the operation.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 146 Details
“The FBI and AFP, Australian Federal Police, got access to all the encrypted messages going across Anom.”
Operation Trojan Shield INVOLVES Department of Justice
The operation involved DOJ officials in decisions about access to U.S. communications and wiretap approval.
Explicit Confidence 93% · Joseph Cox EP 146 Details
“higher-ups at the DOJ shut that down, essentially.”
EncroChat hack RELATED_TO Operation Trojan Shield
Joseph groups the EncroChat hack with Anom and Sky as continuing law-enforcement efforts against encrypted communications.
Explicit Confidence 90% · Joseph Cox EP 146 Details
“As well as Anom, there was the Sky hack, there was the EncroChat hack as well.”
Sky hack RELATED_TO Operation Trojan Shield
Joseph groups the Sky hack with Anom and EncroChat as continuing law-enforcement efforts against encrypted communications.
Explicit Confidence 90% · Joseph Cox EP 146 Details
“As well as Anom, there was the Sky hack”
Operation Trojan Shield USES Parallel construction
The episode says law enforcement used parallel construction to conceal that Anom intelligence led to enforcement actions.
Derived Confidence 96% · Joseph Cox EP 146 Details
“That’s basically parallel construction.”
Mass surveillance ASSOCIATED_WITH Operation Trojan Shield
Jack characterizes the collection of all messages from all Anom users as a mass-surveillance aspect of the operation.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 146 Details
“what’s different about this story is the mass-surveillance aspect to it. All messages for all users were being collected and stored.”