Ennetcom

Ennetcom

Industry	Computer software
Defunct	2016
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Danny Manupassa

Ennetcom was a Netherlands based communications network and service provider.[1][2]

Company

The company was based in the Netherlands as were most of its customers, but most of the company servers were based in Canada.[1][2] Danny Manupassa, the company owner, was arrested in 2016 amid allegations that the phones were largely used by criminals.[1][2] The company had about 19,000 users.[1][2]

The phones sold for €1,500 each and used company servers for traffic.[1][2] The devices had been altered so they could not make calls or use the Internet normally.[1][2]

Canadian authorities seized the servers and passed messages to Dutch authorities.[3] The latter had managed to decrypt 3.6 million messages by 2017, apparently because the key to the messages had been stored on the same servers the messages were on.[3] These messages have led to arrests, including that of Naoufal Fassih.[3] Fassih has been convicted of one charge of murder and one of attempted murder in relation to the murder of Ali Motamed.[4]

See also

• ANOM
• EncroChat – a network infiltrated by law enforcement to investigate organized crime in Europe
• Exclu
• Sky Global

References

1. "Dutch police shutter encrypted network over alleged organized crime ties". The Guardian. Reuters. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
2. Osborne, Charlie (25 April 2016). "Dutch police close Ennetcom encrypted communications network". ZDNet. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
3. Caesar, Ed (27 July 2020). "The Cold War Bunker That Became Home to a Dark-Web Empire". The New Yorker. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
4. Cummins, Barry (2021-10-14). "The global links of the Kinahan organised crime gang". Prime Time (Irish TV programme). Retrieved 2021-10-15.