Deciphering Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart’s Lost Letters

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Deciphering Queen Of Scots, Mary Stuart’s Lost Letters

Communications by important people over the past thousands of years have been regularly encrypted, making the breaking of this encryption both an essential and also a fascinating historical field. …

'Exclu' #Messenger Under #Investigation by European #Police Forces After Its #Decryption was Used by Criminals

source: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/287283/20230207/exclu-messenger-under-investigation-by-european-police-forces-after-its-decryption-was-used-by-criminals.htm

#Exclu is a chat messenger service that allows users to exchange messages, photos, videos, notes, and voice memos in a heavily shielded environment. The service was costly, as a six-month license would cost around 800 euros.

I'm surprised that you can't develop secure #encryption for the price and that criminals are so stupid and don't go for secure #e2e encryption with open source.

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'Exclu' Messenger Under Investigation by European Police Forces After Its Decryption was Used by Criminals

Police are now investigating the Exclu messenger app to crack down on criminals using decryption to contact each other. Learn more.

No more ransom

Law enforcement and IT Security companies have joined forces to disrupt cybercriminal businesses with ransomware connections.

The “No More Ransom” website is an initiative by the National High Tech Crime Unit of the Netherlands’ police, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre, Kaspersky and McAfee with the goal to help victims of ransomware retrieve their encrypted data without having to pay the criminals.

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