{"id":27603,"date":"2019-07-01T13:03:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T13:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/30274\/A-Single-Court-Ordered-Wiretap-Order-In-2018-Swept-Up-9.2-Million-Intercepts.html"},"modified":"2019-07-01T13:03:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T13:03:11","slug":"a-single-court-ordered-wiretap-order-in-2018-swept-up-9-2-million-intercepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/a-single-court-ordered-wiretap-order-in-2018-swept-up-9-2-million-intercepts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Single Court-Ordered Wiretap Order In 2018 Swept Up 9.2 Million Intercepts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"120.39308176101\">\n<div class=\"img-wrapper lazy-image\" readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"img-permalink-sub-wrapper\"><span class=\"js_lightbox-wrapper lightbox-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/s--dE2NKhd3--\/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800\/onb3b5m7jsjadaghhn7u.jpg\" class=\"lazyload ls-lazy-image-tag\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/s--dE2NKhd3--\/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800\/onb3b5m7jsjadaghhn7u.jpg 2x, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/s--dE2NKhd3--\/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800\/onb3b5m7jsjadaghhn7u.jpg 3x\" data-width=\"2765\" data-chomp-id=\"onb3b5m7jsjadaghhn7u\" data-format=\"jpg\" alt=\"A man talking on a cell phone in San Francisco, 2010.\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>A man talking on a cell phone in San Francisco, 2010.Photo: Eric Risberg (AP)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A single court-authorized wiretap order resulted in authorities in the Southern District of Texas scooping up more than 9.2 million communications\u2014becoming \u201cthe federal wiretap with the most intercepts in 2018,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/06\/29\/wiretap-prosecutors-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"window.ga('send', 'event', 'Embedded Url', 'External link', 'https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/06\/29\/wiretap-prosecutors-texas\/', {metric25:1})\">TechCrunch reported<\/a> on Saturday, citing the federal government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/statistics-reports\/wiretap-report-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"window.ga('send', 'event', 'Embedded Url', 'External link', 'https:\/\/www.uscourts.gov\/statistics-reports\/wiretap-report-2018', {metric25:1})\">annual wiretap report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not much more information on the case in the report, other than that the wiretap order targeted 149 individuals in connection with a federal narcotics case over the course of 120 days. The wiretap order later expired, and police have not made any arrests in connection with the case, according to TechCrunch. Out of those roughly 9.2 million intercepts, none were listed as incriminating. The entire operation cost $315,673, though that total dropped to $15,180 when excluding expenditure on manpower.<\/p>\n<div id=\"swappable-mobile-ad-container\" class=\"js_ad-mobile-dynamic swappable-mobile-ad-container js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<div class=\"ad-mobile-inner\">\n<p class=\"ad-label proxima\"><small class=\"proxima\">Advertisement<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Without more information, it\u2019s difficult to tell exactly what was going on in that situation, beyond the fact that it was apparently a massive operation. The number of intercepted messages is over 500 a day for each of the 149 individuals on average (though there\u2019s no actual breakdown of the numbers) and the case is listed under the broad type designation intercept type \u201cWC,\u201d meaning cellular or mobile telephones.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also possible there was some kind of error, whether in the federal transparency report or in the originally submitted numbers. But another federal case, this time in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, was listed as coming in second place, with some 9.1 million intercepts collected from 45 individuals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<div class=\"ad-mobile-inner\">\n<p class=\"ad-label proxima\"><small class=\"proxima\">Advertisement<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>None of the authorized requests from state authorities were as pervasive, but still pulled in a lot of data. According to the report, \u201cThe state wiretap with the most intercepts was a 30-day wiretap for a sex trafficking investigation in Contra Costa, California, which resulted in the interception of 140,150 cell phone conversations and messages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As TechCrunch noted, wiretaps are one of the most invasive forms of surveillance, giving law enforcement personnel real-time access to targeted systems and requiring investigators to show requirements \u201cfar higher than other surveillance measures.\u201dThe report notes that in 2018, \u201ctotal of 96 percent of all authorized wiretaps (2,831 wiretaps) were reported to have used portable devices,\u201d which \u201cincludes cell phone communications, text messages, and application software (apps).\u201d Most of the authorized wiretaps were also for narcotics investigations or cases involving narcotics as well as other offenses (46 percent in the first case, and 77 percent in the latter).<\/p>\n<div class=\"js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<div class=\"ad-mobile-inner\">\n<p class=\"ad-label proxima\"><small class=\"proxima\">Advertisement<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TechCrunch wrote that the number of wiretaps and related convictions fell sharply in 2018, while investigators ran into more problems with encryption:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p>But the overall number of wiretaps authorized and subsequent convictions \u201cfell sharply\u201d in 2018, the U.S. Courts said in its annual transparency report.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 2,937 wiretaps were authorized in 2018, down 22% on the year prior. The report also said that number of wiretaps using encryption went up, rendering the wiretap ineffective.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<div class=\"ad-mobile-inner\">\n<p class=\"ad-label proxima\"><small class=\"proxima\">Advertisement<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, other warrantless searches of Americans\u2019 data were up in 2018 via the National Security Agency\u2019s section 702 powers, which allow warrantless collection of data on foreigners held by U.S. companies and were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/18\/us\/politics\/surveillance-congress-snowden-privacy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"window.ga('send', 'event', 'Embedded Url', 'External link', 'https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/18\/us\/politics\/surveillance-congress-snowden-privacy.html', {metric25:1})\">renewed at the beginning<\/a> of last year, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/04\/30\/nsa-surveillance-spike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"window.ga('send', 'event', 'Embedded Url', 'External link', 'https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/04\/30\/nsa-surveillance-spike\/', {metric25:1})\">prior report by TechCrunch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The NSA targeted 164,770 foreign individuals or groups in 2018, up from 129,080 the year prior. In the process, the NSA carried out \u201c9,637 warrantless search queries\u201d concerning \u201cAmericans\u2019 calls, text messages, emails and other communications,\u201d up from 7,512 in 2017, TechCrunch wrote. Those numbers don\u2019t include queries made by the FBI or Drug Enforcement Administration, which also has access to the databases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"js_ad-mobile-dynamic js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<div class=\"ad-mobile-inner\">\n<p class=\"ad-label proxima\"><small class=\"proxima\">Advertisement<\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/06\/29\/wiretap-prosecutors-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"window.ga('send', 'event', 'Embedded Url', 'External link', 'https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/06\/29\/wiretap-prosecutors-texas\/', {metric25:1})\">TechCrunch<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"29.409090909091\">\n<div class=\"author-bio__wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"author-bio__title\">About the author<\/h4>\n<div class=\"author-bio__inner\">\n<div class=\"author-bio author-bio--below-post\">\n<div class=\"author-bio__container flex-row\" 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