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FBI hacks computers in Europe; part of child pornography sting
In early 2015, the FBI carried out an unprecedented hacking campaign, deploying malware on at least one thousand computers that had been used to visit a certain child pornography site. That move, Motherboard has learned, is part of Operation Pacifier, a large multi-agency investigation into child pornography on the so-called dark web.The truly global nature of the operation is now coming to light. Media reports as far afield as Greece and Chile covered related arrests, and a Europol presentation discovered by Motherboard indicates that Danish authorities have arrested dozens of people as part of the investigation.
In August of last year, Greece’s Cyber Crime Unit arrested a 21-year-old man on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. The man, who wasn’t named in reports, was picked up in a hotel in Ilia, Peloponnese, as part of an investigation “international authorities code-named Pacifier,” according to Greek outlet Ekathimerini.com.
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