Operation Pacifier is the massive hacking campaign against computers worldwide launched by the FBI in early 2015 to track criminals on the dark web.
We are now aware that the FBI launched a massive hacking campaign against computers worldwide in early 2015 in the attempt to de-anonymize criminals visiting dark web child porn website
The use of the NIT was confirmed earlier this year when according to court documents reviewed by Motherboard, the FBI had used it to identify the suspects while surfing on the Tor network. The operation conducted by the FBI is code named ‘Operation Pacifier,’ the web child porn website under investigation was Playpen hosted on the Tor Network.
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