Government release
FBI's Encrypted Phone Platform Infiltrated Hundreds of Criminal Syndicates; Result is Massive Worldwide Takedown
United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of California, June 8, 2021. Covert operation of ANOM, 17-defendant indictment, message and device scale.
- Source type
- Government release
- Published
- June 8, 2021
- Research grade
- P1
- Used in entries
- 7
Bibliographic record
- Publisher
- United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of California
- Published
- June 8, 2021
- Source type
- Government release
- Research grade
- Source grade P1
- 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
- Covert operation of ANOM, 17-defendant indictment, message and device scale
- Dataset id
- src_doj_anom_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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Operation Trojan ShieldPrimary source
Criminal communications, October 2018
Organization roles
3 citations
Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationPrimary source
Operational lead, Operation Trojan Shield
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Australian Federal PolicePrimary source
Co-lead, Operation Trojan Shield
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United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of CaliforniaPrimary source
Charging, Operation Trojan Shield
Infrastructure
2 citations
Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.
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1 command and control serverPrimary source
Command and control server taken over, Operation Trojan Shield
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approximately 12,000 user accountsPrimary source
User accounts searched, Operation Trojan Shield
Later activity
1 citation
Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.
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No documented returnPrimary source
Relationship not established, Operation Trojan Shield