what happened with Ghost platform? (infosec.pub)

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On quite a few news websites there's a new hot topic how the Australian "Ghost" app got hacked by Interpol and has led to prevention of murders and resulted in a few arrests.

Is there any information out there on what security methods Ghost used and how it was exploited?

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[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Isn’t that the one that they built on their own?

[-] fraksken@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

What? Like "I'lL mAkE mY oWn EnCrYpTiOn"?

The administrator (creator) aledgedly created the platform 9 years ago when he was 23...

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Actually I’m thinking of Phantom Secure. They built phones to go along with their app services.

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