{"id":40015,"date":"2021-03-15T15:49:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/32106\/U.S.-Indicts-CEO-Of-Encrypted-Phone-Firm-Sky.html"},"modified":"2021-03-15T15:49:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:49:52","slug":"u-s-indicts-ceo-of-encrypted-phone-firm-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/u-s-indicts-ceo-of-encrypted-phone-firm-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Indicts CEO Of Encrypted Phone Firm Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"topic-callout\" readability=\"7.2888888888889\">\n<div class=\"topic-callout__img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/topic\/cyber\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/topics\/57a205628cb727dec795a6b1\/callout_logo\/1614199980283-screen-shot-2021-02-24-at-34918-pm.png?resize=240:*\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2021-02-24 at 3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard&#8217;s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"27.381974248927\"><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. the Department of Justice announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/20512738-sky_indictment\">an indictment<\/a> against the chief executive officer of Sky Global and an associate for allegedly selling their devices to help international drug traffickers avoid law enforcement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"38\"><\/p>\n<p>The indictment is rare in that it marks only the second time the DOJ has filed charges against an encrypted phone company, and signals that the DOJ will continue to prosecute the heads and associates of companies that they say cater deliberately to facilitating criminal acts. The move also comes just days after the company, responding to law enforcement action against the firm in Europe, vehemently denied being a preferred choice for criminals, and Jean-Francois Eap, Sky&#8217;s CEO, specifically told Motherboard that his product exists for the prevention of identity theft, hacking, and other privacy issues.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"adph adph--border\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"29.546875\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The indictment alleges that Sky Global generated hundreds of millions of dollars providing a service that allowed criminal networks around the world to hide their international drug trafficking activity from law enforcement,&#8221; Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdca\/pr\/sky-global-executive-and-associate-indicted-providing-encrypted-communication-devices\">said in the announcement<\/a>. &#8220;This groundbreaking investigation should send a serious message to companies who think they can aid criminals in their unlawful activities.&#8221; The announcement added that warrants had been issued for their arrests on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-component=\"QuoteBlock\" class=\"abc__quote abc__quote--blockquote\" readability=\"9.6020066889632\">\n<p><em><strong>Do you work for Sky? Do you have documents related to these arrests or the company? We&#8217;d love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jfcox@jabber.ccc.de\">jfcox@jabber.ccc.de<\/a>, or email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:joseph.cox@vice.com\">joseph.cox@vice.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"28.594458438287\"><\/p>\n<p>Eap and Thomas Herdman, which the announcement describes as &#8220;a former high-level distributor&#8221; of the devices, are charged with a conspiracy to violate the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). RICO has traditionally been used to prosecute mafia bosses, but the Southern District of California also used it against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/v7m4pj\/the-network-vincent-ramos-phantom-secure\">another encrypted phone company called Phantom Secure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"31\"><\/p>\n<p>When Motherboard asked a source at Sky for comment on the indictment, the source replied &#8220;sorry what indictment?&#8221; When Motherboard then provided a link to the DOJ press release, the source did not respond.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"adph adph--border\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"33\"><\/p>\n<p>Sky is part of the encrypted phone industry, which generally takes BlackBerry or more recently Android devices, and installs their own encrypted messaging applications that route messages through their own infrastructure, and sometimes offer a remote wipe feature that can remove messages or other content if the phone is seized by law enforcement. The companies can charge thousands of dollars per device for an annual subscription.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"44\"><\/p>\n<p>Rather than view these companies as a neutral party, such as when a criminal uses an Apple or Google product, authorities increasingly view the companies as criminal. The announcement is sparse on the details of the case against Eap and Herdman, but alleges that &#8220;Sky Global\u2019s purpose was to create, maintain, and control a method of secure communication to facilitate the importation, exportation, and distribution of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine into Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America, including the United States and Canada; to launder the proceeds of such drug trafficking conduct; and to obstruct investigations of drug trafficking and money laundering organizations by creating, maintaining, and controlling a system whereby Sky Global would remotely delete evidence of such activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"29.481481481481\"><\/p>\n<p>The indictment comes after a wave of activity by European law enforcement agencies against the company. Earlier this week, agencies said they had managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/7k9yjx\/sky-ecc-decrypted-hacked-police-say-billion-messages\">obtain nearly a billion messages<\/a> sent between Sky users, and decrypt around half of those. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/epd3km\/sky-ecc-hacked-fake-app\">In a statement to Motherboard<\/a>, Sky maintained that its main service remained secure, and that instead someone had installed a rogue version of Sky&#8217;s app onto phones and then sold those to unsuspecting customers.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"adph adph--border\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"39\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The platform exists for the prevention of identity theft and hacking, the protection of personal privacy rights, and the secure operation of legitimate personal and business affairs. With the global rise of corporate espionage, cybercrime and malicious data breaches, privacy and protection of information is the foundation of the effective functioning for many industries including legal, public health, vaccine supply chains, manufacturers, celebrities and many more,&#8221; Eap told Motherboard in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"25.098039215686\"><\/p>\n<p>After the publication of this piece, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/g5bagw\/sky-secure-global-ecc-ceo-indicted-clear-name\">Eap told Motherboard that<\/a> &#8220;In the coming days, my efforts will be focused on clearing my name of these allegations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"27\"><\/p>\n<p>A copy of the indictment is embedded below.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" 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