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French and Dutch authorities have orchestrated a takedown of Matrix, an encrypted chat service used by criminals.

A joint investigation team involving French and Dutch authorities has taken down Matrix, yet another end-to-end encrypted chat service created for criminals. Matrix (Source: Dutch Police) The Matrix encrypted chat service Matrix – also know as Mactrix, Totalsec, X-quantum, and Q-safe – was first identified by Dutch authorities on the phone of a criminal convicted for the murder of Dutch crime journalist Peter R. de Vries in 2021, and the discovery prompted an investigation into … More → The post Police takes down Matrix encrypted chat service used by criminals appeared first on Help Net Security.

  • elmichaEnglish
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    18 days ago

    They also made sure to note that “Matrix is ​​also the name of a company and communication protocol of the same name, which has nothing to do with the crypto communication service Matrix.”