Dutch & French police take down Matrix encrypted chat app; 2.3 million messages captured
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22790935
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/48995777
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22758570
Archived, if you prefer that: https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Bif16
The investigation did not spotlight the similarly-named Matrix open source communication protocol.
From matrix.org:
An unrelated cybercriminal network named MATRIX was taken down
The Matrix.org Foundation has been made aware that an international investigative operation took down a service called MATRIX which was used by a cybercriminal network, which has no relationship with the Matrix.org Foundation or the Matrix protocol itself.
The takedown site has a Matrix-the-movie branding, which is a probable source of confusion. The app showcased doesn’t look like any of the Matrix clients we’re aware of.
https://matrix.org/blog/2024/12/unrelated-cybercriminal-network-taken-down/
