Toronto police have linked dozens of shootings, including one at the US consulate, to a gun-for-hire network recruiting young people via encrypted apps. A police officer was killed during a raid related to the shootings. Investigators are working with the FBI to identify those orchestrating the violence.
Toronto police have linked dozens of shootings, including an attack on the US consulate, to a "multilayered" gun-for-hire network. Young people are recruited via encrypted apps and paid to film attacks. A police officer was killed during a raid linked to the shootings.
The prison cell, it turns out, is no obstacle to running a criminal empire. All you need is a smartphone, an encrypted messaging app and an overwhelmed corrections system, even if it is thousands of kilometres away. That was the conclusion law enforcement officials in South Korea and Japan reached after tracing a string of drug deals, home invasions and brazen robberies to inmates already serving time in the Philippines. The cases exposed a darkly inventive new chapter in Southeast Asia’s...
The encrypted messaging app says the update fixes an issue that allowed the FBI to message notification content.
