Company:Ennetcom
| Industry | Computer software |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 2016 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Danny Manupassa |
Ennetcom was a Netherlands based communications network and service provider.[1][2]
Company
The company was based in the Netherlands as were most of its customers, but most of the company servers were based in Canada .[1][2] Danny Manupassa, the company owner, was arrested in 2016 amid allegations that the phones were largely used by criminals.[1][2] The company had about 19,000 users.[1][2]
The phones sold for €1,500 each and used company servers for traffic.[1][2] The devices had been altered so they could not make calls or use the Internet normally.[1][2]
Canadian authorities seized the servers and passed messages to Dutch authorities.[3] The latter had managed to decrypt 3.6 million messages by 2017, apparently because the key to the messages had been stored on the same servers the messages were on.[3] These messages have led to arrests, including that of Naoufal Fassih.[3] Fassih has been convicted of one charge of murder and one of attempted murder in relation to the murder of Ali Motamed.[4]
See also
- ANOM
- EncroChat – a network infiltrated by law enforcement to investigate organized crime in Europe
- Exclu
- Sky Global
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Dutch police shutter encrypted network over alleged organized crime ties". The Guardian. Reuters. 22 April 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/22/dutch-police-ennetcom-shut-down-owner-arrested.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Osborne, Charlie (25 April 2016). "Dutch police close Ennetcom encrypted communications network". ZDNet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/dutch-police-arrest-owner-of-ennetcom-encryption-network/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Caesar, Ed (27 July 2020). "The Cold War Bunker That Became Home to a Dark-Web Empire". The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/03/the-cold-war-bunker-that-became-home-to-a-dark-web-empire. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ↑ Cummins, Barry (2021-10-14). "The global links of the Kinahan organised crime gang". Prime Time (Irish TV programme). https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2021/1014/1253803-global-links-kinahan-organised-crime-gang/.
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