The FBI has conducted one of its largest sting operations, as detailed in the book 'Dark Wire' by Joseph Cox. The operation involved the FBI secretly running its own tech startup to wiretap criminals through the Anøm encrypted phone network. A significant character in this story is a drug trafficker known as 'Microsoft,' who inadvertently helped the FBI extend its dragnet. WIRED published an excerpt from the book. Additionally, a separate case reported by 404 Media involved an alleged member of a Russia-based human trafficking network who used seven Apple AirTags to stalk his ex-wife. The ex-wife later assisted the FBI in a sting operation that led to his capture.
An alleged member of a Russia-based human smuggling network used at least seven Apple AirTags to stalk his wife. And, they may be the cause of his downfall. By @Amber_M_Neely https://t.co/HjNTraEpIk
US accuses alleged Russian smuggling network member of using AirTags to stalk his ex-wife: Illustration: The Verge The US is accusing an alleged member of a Russian smuggling network of using AirTags to stalk his now ex-wife, 404 Media… https://t.co/NMeSOGElAN #ai #ainews
US accuses alleged Russian smuggling network member of using AirTags to stalk his ex-wife https://t.co/G4WHJSN69T
Really crazy story: A human trafficker placed 7 AirTags all over his ex-wife's car. She later helped the FBI catch him in a sting https://t.co/4h29OrX1SC
New from 404 Media: one of the wildest cases of AirTag stalking yet. An alleged member of a Russia-based human trafficking network used AirTags to track and control a woman he smuggled into the US. FBI then used the tags in a sting op against him https://t.co/lzJOMf7lyG
in one of the wildest cases I've seen yet, a man is accused of placing 7 AirTags all over his ex-wife's car, and then she helped the FBI catch him in a sting operation: https://t.co/kCskzXsGwL
A man allegedly involved in a Russia-based smuggling operation is accused of placing at least seven AirTags on his ex-wife's car to surveil her. https://t.co/CbmMbTl7Rp
An excerpt from the book Dark Wire, which details how the biggest FBI sting operation ran the Anøm encrypted phone network to catch criminals like "Microsoft" (@josephfcox / Wired) https://t.co/tK5cknvhSo 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/SxknC4gVoJ
Very glad WIRED could get a chunk of Joe's incredible book. Read the story, buy DARK WIRE, get to know an extremely aggressive drug dealer and would-be tech entrepreneur nicknamed Microsoft who had no idea he was helping the FBI extend the biggest dragnet in history. https://t.co/oICwT6dayP
Inside the Biggest FBI Sting Operation in History https://t.co/0dFPY3Wuxe
It's finally time: DARK WIRE, my book on how the FBI secretly ran its own tech startup to wiretap the world, is out *today*. Here is WIRED's adaption of that story following the craziest character I've ever investigated: a drug trafficker called Microsoft https://t.co/n1dk3aiOut