International agency release
New major interventions to block encrypted communications of criminal networks
Europol, March 10, 2021. Sky ECC monitoring, user and message scale, Belgian action day.
- Source type
- International agency release
- Published
- March 10, 2021
- Research grade
- P2
- Used in entries
- 7
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- Europol
- Published
- March 10, 2021
- Source type
- International agency release
- Research grade
- Source grade P2
- Language
- English
- Official record
- Official publication
- Address
- No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.
- What it supports
- Sky ECC monitoring, user and message scale, Belgian action day
- Dataset id
- src_europol_skyecc_2021
Research notes
- URL not re-verified in this pass.
How this source is used
Cited 7 times across 4 record types.
The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.
Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.
Cited by
Takedown records
1 citation
Cited on the takedown record itself.
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Sky ECC interception and action dayPrimary source
Criminal communications, February 2021
Organization roles
3 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Belgian Federal PolicePrimary source
Co-lead, Sky ECC interception and action day
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Politie (Netherlands National Police)Primary source
Co-lead, Sky ECC interception and action day
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European Union Agency for Law Enforcement CooperationPrimary source
Coordinator, Sky ECC interception and action day
Infrastructure
2 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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Command and control serverPrimary source
Command and control server taken over, Sky ECC interception and action day
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approximately 70,000 user accountsPrimary source
User accounts searched, Sky ECC interception and action day
Excluded candidates
1 citation
Cited for a candidate event assessed and left out of the index.
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Sky Global chief executive US indictmentPrimary source
Indictment only. Not merged into td_2021_sky_ecc, which records the separate infrastructure and interception action.