Creeps and Crimes

TBB 2: FBI Operation Trojan Shield


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Happy Tuesday and Welcome to the second TBB aka The Bestie Bonus, where Taylar will be covering her first Mini/Spiral after Morgan reads us off the question of the week: What is the Craziest Nickname You've ever been given?

Today, Taylar gives us the rundown on the FBI operation Trojan Shield! Which is that one time the FBI dipped their toes in the tech world, creating an encrypted phone company that they marketed and sold to criminals!!!


If you would like to continue researching, here are some of the sources Taylar used in her research:

https://www.american.edu/sis/centers/security-technology/operation-trojan-shield.cfm

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/fbi-s-encrypted-phone-platform-infiltrated-hundreds-criminal-syndicates-result-massive

https://www.inc.com/jennifer-conrad/the-fbi-created-its-own-startup-and-used-it-to-stage-a-massive-sting-operation.html#:~:text=The%20phones%2D%2Dwhich%20purportedly,every%20message%20they%20sent%20was

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/31/1197959218/fbi-phone-company-anom


And here is the Tiktok that started it all from @AnniesRight:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFfqPBfo/


See you on Thursday, besties!!! Love ya!

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