One warrant used to target thousands of child porn suspects in 120 countries
A newly released federal court hearing transcript reveals that one warrant issued as part of a massive child porn investigation in the US was also used to authorize government malware that targeted more than 8,000 users across 120 countries, including a “satellite provider.”
As Vice Motherboard first reported, the remarks came from the November 1 hearing in the case of United States v. Tippens and two other related cases, which are ongoing in Tacoma, Washington. These cases, and more than 100 others like them, are part of a global effort to target people suspected of accessing the now-defunct Tor-hidden child porn site known as “Playpen.”
