Ghost is the latest in a series of crime-focused encrypted communications apps to have been shut down by officials. In 2020, European police agencies gained access to a service called EncroChat ...

The Ghost app -- a kind of WhatsApp for criminals -- was created nine years ago and could only be accessed via modified smartphones that sold for about Aus$2,350 (US$1,590).

American worry about crime; the number of people who think the crime rate is going up hasn't been this high in decades. Of course, certain crimes sometimes spike in certain places. But overall ...

Jay Je Yoon Jung, the app's alleged administrator, appeared in a Sydney court facing charges of supporting a criminal organization and profiting from crime. Police arrested 38 suspects in raids ...

Jay Je Yoon Jung, 32, the suspected administrator of the app, appeared in a Sydney court on charges of supporting a criminal organization and profiting from crime. Jung did not enter pleas or ...

Australia Police Charge Man With Being Alleged Mastermind of Global Crime App By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police on Wednesday charged a man with creating and managing a messaging ...

A 32-year-old Australian "computer geek" has been arrested on suspicion of building an encrypted messaging app used by ...

A 32-year-old Australian "computer geek" has been arrested on suspicion of building an encrypted messaging app used by hundreds of criminals worldwide to arrange drug deals and order killings ...

The 'Ghost app' was used by criminals worldwide to facilitate drug deals & order killings An Australian Federal Police officer arresting a suspect allegedly involved in an encrypted messaging app ...

A 32-year-old Australian "computer geek" has been arrested on suspicion of building an encrypted messaging app used by hundreds of criminals worldwide to arrange drug deals and order killings, local ...