UK Criminals Among Those Duped Into Using Secret Message Service Run by the FBI

UK Criminals Among Those Duped Into Using Secret Message Service Run by the FBI
Secret chat channels displayed on a screen in this undated photo. Yui Mok/PA
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Drug dealers in the UK are among a number of groups of criminals worldwide who were duped into using an encrypted messaging service that was run by the FBI.

The major international sting involved a system called Anom that was secretly being monitored by law enforcement.