Cops across the world arrest 51 in orchestrated takedown of Ghost crime platform

Hours after confirming they had pwned the supposedly uncrackable encrypted messaging platform used for all manner of organized crime, Ghost, cops have now named the suspect they cuffed last night, who is charged with being the alleged mastermind.

Australian national Jay Je Yoon Jung, 32, of Narwee, New South Wales, was arrested by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and faced five charges in a Sydney court today in relation to the development and administration of Ghost.

The platform operated in a similar fashion to EncroChat, although it was much smaller in scale. EncroChat was infiltrated and taken down in 2020, and the analysis of its users' communications continues to yield convictions.

Like the analysis of EncroChat's users, the AFP said today that 38 additional Ghost users are currently facing "serious charges" for their various activities on the platform, including "significant prison sentences."

The arrests took place over the course ...